scholarly journals Source site of internal solitary waves in the northern South China of westward shoaling thermocline

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Wang ◽  
Yuanling Zhang ◽  
Chang Zhao ◽  
Dejun Dai ◽  
Min Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Solitary Waves ◽  
South China ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Northern South China Sea ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Internal Solitary Waves ◽  
Generation Process ◽  
The West ◽  
Source Site

Abstract. This study use a three dimensional general circulation model, MITgcm with non-hydrostatic option, to study the source site of internal solitary waves (ISWs) observed in the northern South China Sea. Simulation reveals that besides Luzon Strait, ISWs in the northern SCS are also generated around Dongsha Islands and near the continental shelf break. It is one of the reasons that there are more wave package to the west of 120° E in SAR images, and even more to the west of 118° E. The generation process and propagation feature of ISWs in these source sites are described.

scholarly journals Author Correction: Deep-sea Sediment Resuspension by Internal Solitary Waves in the Northern South China Sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yonggang Jia ◽  
Zhuangcai Tian ◽  
Xuefa Shi ◽  
J. Paul Liu ◽  
Jiangxin Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Solitary Waves ◽  
South China ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
Northern South China Sea ◽  
Sediment Resuspension ◽  
Internal Solitary Waves ◽  
Deep Sea Sediment ◽  
China Sea

An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

Analysis of kinematic parameters of Internal Solitary Waves in the Northern South China Sea

2014 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 159-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guanghong Liao ◽  
Xiao Hua Xu ◽  
Chujin Liang ◽  
Changming Dong ◽  
Beifeng Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Solitary Waves ◽  
South China ◽  
Northern South China Sea ◽  
Internal Solitary Waves ◽  
Kinematic Parameters ◽  
China Sea

Phase velocity of internal solitary waves in the Dongsha region of the northern South China Sea

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunyan Kuang ◽  
Haibin Song ◽  
Yongxian Guan ◽  
Wenhao Fan ◽  
Yi Gong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Phase Velocity ◽  
Solitary Waves ◽  
South China ◽  
Wave Amplitude ◽  
Northern South China Sea ◽  
Internal Solitary Waves ◽  
Seismic Oceanography ◽  
Phase Velocities ◽  
Water Depths

<p>Phase velocity is a fundamental parameter to characterize internal solitary waves(ISW) dynamics. Seismic oceanography method to derive the phase velocity of internal solitary waves has been reported recently. In addition, seismic oceanography data can be used to image the internal solitary waves  and extract ISW’s vertical structure. In this paper, we study the relation between ISW phase velocities with wave amplitude and corresponding water depths based on lots of seismic oceanography data in the Dongsha region of the northern South China Sea.</p><p>A seismic survey cruise was carried out on Dongsha Plateau in the summer of 2009. We used Seismic Unix to reprocess the seismic dataset. Our process method can image the water column below 50m. We identify 8 single depression solitons , 4 ISW packets on the shelf and upper continental slope. We extracted phase velocities, corresponding water depths and maximum wave amplitudes of these ISWs. The result shows that phase velocities are positively correlated both with wave amplitude and water depths. We obtain one relation formula between ISW phase velocities with wave amplitude and corresponding water depths by linear regression fitting.  Then we have a detailed discussion on ISWs features in the Dongsha region.</p>

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