Effect of background parabolic current on characteristics and energetics of internal solitary waves by numerical simulation

L&#220; Haibin; XIE Jieshuo; YAO Yuan; XU Jiexin; CHEN Zhiwu; HE Yinghui; CAI Shuqun

doi:10.1007/s13131-016-0790-4

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LÜ Haibin, XIE Jieshuo, YAO Yuan, XU Jiexin, CHEN Zhiwu, HE Yinghui, CAI Shuqun. Effect of background parabolic current on characteristics and energetics of internal solitary waves by numerical simulation[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2016, 35(1): 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s13131-016-0790-4

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LÜ Haibin, XIE Jieshuo, YAO Yuan, XU Jiexin, CHEN Zhiwu, HE Yinghui, CAI Shuqun. Effect of background parabolic current on characteristics and energetics of internal solitary waves by numerical simulation[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2016, 35(1): 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s13131-016-0790-4

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LÜ Haibin, XIE Jieshuo, YAO Yuan, XU Jiexin, CHEN Zhiwu, HE Yinghui, CAI Shuqun. Effect of background parabolic current on characteristics and energetics of internal solitary waves by numerical simulation[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2016, 35(1): 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s13131-016-0790-4

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Effect of background parabolic current on characteristics and energetics of internal solitary waves by numerical simulation

doi: 10.1007/s13131-016-0790-4

State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China;School of Geodesy & Geomatics Engineering, Huaihai Institute of Technology, Lianyungang 222005, China;University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China 4 Qinhuangdao Marine Environmental Monitoring Central Station, State Oceanic Administration, Qinhuangdao 066002, China

Received Date: 2015-04-30
Rev Recd Date: 2015-07-29

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Abstract

Based on modifications of the observed background parabolic current in upper layer of the northeastern South China Sea (SCS), the effects of eight kinds of background currents on the characteristics and energy conversion of internal solitary waves (ISWs) are investigated by an Internal Gravity Wave (IGW) model. It is found that, although the background current has little effect on the number of the generated ISWs, it reduces the resulted phase speed of ISW. When the background parabolic current appears with its lower boundary near or above the main thermocline, the ISW amplitude and the depth of the isopycnal undergoing maximum displacement increase; when the background parabolic current curvature is reduced, the ISW amplitude and the ratio of baroclinic to barotropic energy reduce, whilst the phase speed of ISW, the baroclinic energy, and the ratio of baroclinic kinetic energy (KE) to available potential energy (APE) increase; when the lower boundary of background parabolic current extends down to the seabed and the background current curvature is reduced, the ISW amplitude and phase speed decrease, whilst the barotropic kinetic energy, the baroclinic energy and the ratio of KE to APE increase. At a whole depth, when the lower background current curvature is reduced and the upper current curvature is increased, the ISW amplitude, and phase speed, the ratio of baroclinic to barotropic energy, the baroclinic energy, and the ratio of KE to APE all increase.
- internal solitary waves,
- background current,
- baroclinic energy,
- South China Sea

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