Long nonlinear internal waves

KR Helfrich, WK Melville - Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Over the past four decades, the combination of in situ and remote sensing observations has
demonstrated that long nonlinear internal solitary-like waves are ubiquitous features of …

Internal wave breaking and dissipation mechanisms on the continental slope/shelf

KG Lamb - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Internal waves are important physical phenomena on the continental shelf/slope. They are
often very energetic, and their breaking provides an important dissipation and mixing …

[HTML][HTML] Large-amplitude internal solitary waves observed in the northern South China Sea: properties and energetics

RC Lien, F Henyey, B Ma… - Journal of Physical …, 2014 - journals.ametsoc.org
Five large-amplitude internal solitary waves (ISWs) propagating westward on the upper
continental slope in the northern South China Sea were observed in May–June 2011 with …

The fate and impact of internal waves in nearshore ecosystems

CB Woodson - Annual review of marine science, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Internal waves are widespread features of global oceans that play critical roles in mixing and
thermohaline circulation. Similarly to surface waves, internal waves can travel long …

Numerical investigation on the interaction between large-scale continuously stratified internal solitary wave and moving submersible

L Cheng, C Wang, B Guo, Q Liang, Z Xie, Z Yuan… - Applied Ocean …, 2024 - Elsevier
Internal solitary waves are a special type of non-linear ocean internal waves. Due to their
high peak and deep valley, they can cause motion instability and loss of control of …

Internal solitons in the ocean

JR Apel, LA Ostrovsky, YA Stepanyants - The Journal of the Acoustical …, 1995 - pubs.aip.org
The well-known Garrett and Munk description of the internal wave spectrum synthesizes
many observations into a spectral model that reproduces the general features of the mid …

Internal solitary wave-induced soil responses and its effects on seabed instability in the South China Sea

L Tong, J Zhang, N Chen, X Lin, R He, L Sun - Ocean Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
Internal solitary waves (ISWs) are a frequently observed phenomenon in the ocean and
significantly affect sediment soil dynamics and transportation. This study entailed the use of …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of a mesoscale eddy pair on internal solitary waves in the northern South China Sea revealed by mooring array observations

X Huang, Z Zhang, X Zhang, H Qian… - Journal of Physical …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Impacts of a Mesoscale Eddy Pair on Internal Solitary Waves in the Northern South China Sea
revealed by Mooring Array Observations in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 47 Issue …

Long‐term observations of shoaling internal solitary waves in the northern South China Sea

MH Chang, RC Lien, KG Lamb… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Shoaling internal solitary waves (ISWs) were observed at three mooring sites on the upper
continental slope in the northern South China Sea over a period of 5–11 months at water …

Internal solitons in laboratory experiments: Comparison with theoretical models

LA Ostrovsky, YA Stepanyants - Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
Nonlinear internal solitary waves observed in laboratory experiments are discussed from the
standpoint of their relation to different soliton theories, from the classical integrable models …