Temporal variability of internal solitary waves in the northern South China Sea revealed by long-term mooring observations

X Huang, S Huang, W Zhao, Z Zhang, C Zhou… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The temporal variability of internal solitary waves (ISWs) in the northern South China Sea
(SCS) is examined from hourly to interannual timescales based on nearly four-year-long …

The South China Sea Mooring Array and its applications in exploring oceanic multiscale dynamics

W Zhao, C Zhou, Z Zhang, X Huang, S Guan, Q Yang… - Science Bulletin, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Sea (SCS) is abundant with complex multiscale dynamic
processes but their spatiotemporal variations, generation and evolution mechanisms, and …

Observed near-inertial waves trapped in a propagating anticyclonic eddy

X Xu, W Zhao, X Huang, Q Hu, S Guan… - Journal of Physical …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Near-inertial waves (NIWs) trapped in a propagating anticyclonic eddy (AE) are investigated
along the eddy path at three areas spanning 660 km by using two mooring arrays and a …

Joint Effects of Winds and Tides on Near-Inertial Internal Waves in the Northern South China Sea: A Three-Dimensional Numerical Study

Y Gong, Z Chen, R Zhao, J Xu, J Li… - Journal of Physical …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Joint effects of winds and tides on near-inertial internal waves (NIWs) are numerically
investigated via a series of three-dimensional quasi-realistic simulations in the northern …

Study on optical imaging signals of rough surfaces caused by ISWs in the ocean

M Zhang, J Wang, Z Li, Z Chang, T Liu… - … on Geoscience and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Internal solitary waves (ISWs) cause changes in the flow field of a water column, which in
turn excite convergent and divergent phenomena on the water surface. Due to the variation …

Shear instability in internal solitary waves in the northern South China Sea induced by multiscale background processes

S Huang, X Huang, W Zhao, Z Chang… - Journal of Physical …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Instability within internal solitary waves (ISWs), featured by temperature inversions with
vertical lengths of dozens of meters and current reversals in the upper shoreward velocity …

Dynamics of the baroclinic Rossby Waves regulating the abyssal South China Sea

Q Xu, C Zhou, W Zhao, Q Hu, X Xiao… - Journal of Physical …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Intraseasonal fluctuation with periods of∼ 90 days in the South China Sea (SCS) basin is
investigated based on an array of seven subsurface moorings. In the deep layer, the 90-day …

Mutual enhancement of wind-and tide-induced near-inertial internal waves in Luzon Strait

Z Chen, G Liu, Z Liu, S Chen, H Lu, J Xu… - Journal of Physical …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Tide-induced near-inertial internal waves (NIWs) are generated by tide–topography
interaction and are energized by internal tides through triadic resonant interaction of internal …

Pure inertial waves radiating from low‐frequency flows over large‐scale topography

X Xie, X Liu, Z Chen, Y Wang, D Chen… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mooring data collected at a flat‐topped seamount suggest the generation of pure inertial
waves (PIWs; waves with a dominant frequency equal to the local inertial frequency f) by low …

Parametric subharmonic instability of diurnal internal tides in the abyssal South China Sea

Q Hu, X Huang, Q Xu, C Zhou, S Guan… - Journal of Physical …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Internal waves close to the seafloor of abyssal oceans are the key energy suppliers driving
near-bottom mixing and the upwelling branches of meridional overturning circulation, but …