Solitary Wave Generation Dynamics at Luzon Strait
Abstract
A high resolution modeling study is undertaken, with a 2.5-dimensional nonhydrostatic model, of the generation of internal waves induced by tidal motion over the ridges in Luzon Strait. The model is forced by the barotropic tidal components K1, M2, and O1. These tidal components, along with the initial density field, were extracted from data and models. As the barotropic tide moves over the Luzon Strait sills, there is a conversion of barotropic tidal energy into baroclinic tidal energy. Depressions are generated that propagate towards the Asian Seas International Acoustics Experiment (ASIAEX) test site on the Chinese continental shelf. Nonlinear effects steepen the depressions, frequency and amplitude dispersion set in, and disintegration into large amplitude solitary waves occurs. The effects of varying the initial density field, tidal component magnitudes, as well as adding a steady background current to represent the occasional excursions of the Kuroshio Current into the strait, are considered.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 27, 2009
- Accession Number
- ADA526072
Entities
People
- A. Warn-vamas
- David I. King
- G. Burgos
- J. Hawkins
- Kevin G. Lamb
- S. Chin-bing
- S. Piacsek
Organizations
- United States Naval Research Laboratory