Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
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Articles | Volume 23, issue 4
Articles | Volume 23, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-23-285-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-23-285-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 23, issue 4
Research article
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18 Aug 2016
Research article |  | 18 Aug 2016

Limiting amplitudes of fully nonlinear interfacial tides and solitons

Borja Aguiar-González and Theo Gerkema

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We derive a new two-fluid layer model consisting of forced rotation-modified Boussinesq equations for studying the limiting amplitudes of tidally generated fully nonlinear, weakly nonhydrostatic dispersive interfacial tides and solitons. Numerical solutions show that solitons attain in some cases a limiting table-shaped form, but may also be limited well below that state by saturation of the underlying quasi-linear internal tide under increasing barotropic forcing.
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