Internal Tides and Solitary Waves in the Northern South China Sea: A Nonhydrostatic Numerical Investigation

Abstract

The goal of this project is to understand processes relevant to the generation, propagation and dissipation of finite-amplitude internal solitary waves observed in the region from the Luzon Strait to the Chinese continental shelf. With data available from field observations in Non-Linear Internal Wave Initiative (NLIWI), this project is to perform simulation of finite-amplitude internal solitary waves under realistic scenarios in the northern South China Sea. The objective is to provide information on the characteristics of nonlinear internal waves for comparison with data collected from remote sensing, mooring measurements, and shipboard observations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2007
Accession Number
ADA573397

Entities

People

  • Ping-tung Shaw
  • Shenn-yu Chao

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buoyancy
  • Continental Shelves
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Frequency
  • Internal Waves
  • Landforms
  • North Carolina
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Remote Sensing
  • Ridges
  • Simulations
  • Solitons
  • South China Sea
  • Wave Packets
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography