Internal Solitary Waves
Development of internal solitary waves in various thermocline regimes – a multi-modal approach
... In this section we elaborate on the distinction between the Sulu Sea and the Bay of Biscay, as regards the behaviour of internal solitary waves. A distinctive feature can immedi- ately be seen in the ...
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Conjugate flows and amplitude bounds for internal solitary waves
... In this paper, we have obtained the conditions which provide the existence of multiple broadening limits for internal solitary waves in a continuously stratified fluid. In accordance with this ...
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The evolution of mode-2 internal solitary waves modulated by background shear currents
... mode-2 internal solitary waves (ISWs) modulated by background shear currents was inves- tigated ...shear-induced waves were identified as a forward-propagating long wave, oscillat- ing tail ...
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Long-term evolution of strongly nonlinear internal solitary waves in a rotating channel
... of internal solitary waves (ISWs) propagating in a rotating channel is studied numerically in the framework of a fully-nonlinear, nonhydrostatic numeri- cal ...small-amplitude waves and ...
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Internal Tides and Internal Solitary Waves in the Northern South China Sea
... Band-pass filtered time series of zonal velocity at L1 is further compared with the temperature variations at B2, B1, and S7 (Figure 3.10). The time axis for each mooring site is shifted by the previous time lags to ...
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The Generation and Propagation of Internal Solitary Waves in the South China Sea.
... of internal solitary waves in the South China ...observations, waves are generated in the Luzon Strait and propagate westward across the deep basin of the northern South China Sea in clusters ...
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Internal solitary waves: propagation, deformation and disintegration
... an internal solitary wave of depression is generated in the deep water and propagates shorewards until it reaches a critical ...more internal solitary waves of elevation riding on a ...
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Convex and concave types of second baroclinic mode internal solitary waves
... (mode-2) internal solitary waves (ISWs) were found on the continental slope of the northern South China ...concave waves were observed in the South China Sea, marking the first documentation ...
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A model for large-amplitude internal solitary waves with trapped cores
... large-amplitude internal solitary waves is thought to play an important role in cross-shore larvae transport (Pineda, 1999; Helfrich and Pineda, ...(for waves of depression) may not be incor- ...
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Transformation of internal solitary waves at the “deep” and “shallow” shelf: satellite observations and laboratory experiment
... of internal solitary waves with the shelf edge in the time periods related to the presence of a pronounced seasonal pycnocline in the Red Sea and in the Alboran Sea is analysed via satellite photos ...
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The characteristics of billows generated by internal solitary waves
... amplitude, internal solitary waves (ISWs) show evidence of breaking through shear-induced ...318 waves out of a total of 657 waves, confirming that shear-induced breaking in ISWs is a ...
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The lifecycle of axisymmetric internal solitary waves
... Following up upon the work of Miles (1978), Weidman and Velarde (1992) developed a theory for axisymmetric internal solitary waves within a stratified ambient fluid. They predicted an amplitude ...
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Numerical simulation of shear induced instabilities in internal solitary waves
... A numerical method that employs a combination of contour advection and pseudo- spectral techniques is used to simulate shear-induced instabilities in an internal solitary wave. A three-layer configuration ...
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Energetics of internal solitary waves in a background sheared current
... of internal waves in the presence of a background sheared current is explored via numerical simulations for four different situations based on oceano- graphic conditions: the nonlinear interaction of two ...
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On the interaction of short linear internal waves with internal solitary waves
... small-scale internal wave packets with a large-scale internal solitary wave us- ing high-resolution direct numerical simulations in two di- ...stituent waves are short in comparison to the ...
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Numerical simulations of the local generation of internal solitary waves in the Bay of Biscay
... of internal solitary waves due to an internal tidal beam impinging on the thermo- cline from below – a process referred to as “local genera- ...for internal solitary waves ...
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Effect of Plateau Length on the Transformation of Internal Solitary Waves
... Internal solitary waves (ISW) have been observed in the oceans and received attentions in the past decade. Strong ramification induced by the ISW not only influence on the marine ecology but also ...
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Convectively induced shear instability in large amplitude internal solitary waves
... surface waves is not. Exactly how surface waves effect the stability and propagation properties of ISWs in an oceanic context awaits ...nonlinear internal wave in which surface gravity waves ...
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The effect of stochastic perturbations on plankton transport by internal solitary waves
... Abstract. Internal solitary and solitary-like waves are a com- monly observed feature of density stratified natural waters, including lakes and the coastal ...such waves in- duce ...
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Higher-order Korteweg-de Vries models for internal solitary waves in a stratified shear flow with a free surface
... long waves, this issue need not necessarily cause too much con- cern, and indeed, it is quite common to regard such layered models as valid approximations to continuous basic density and current profiles when, as ...
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