The evolution of mode-2 internal solitary waves modulated by background shear currents

Zhang, Peiwen; Xu, Zhenhua; Li, Qun; Yin, Baoshu; Hou, Yijun; Liu, Antony K.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-25-441-2018

Articles | Volume 25, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-25-441-2018

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Extreme internal wave events

https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-25-441-2018

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Articles | Volume 25, issue 2

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25 Jun 2018

Research article |

| 25 Jun 2018

The evolution of mode-2 internal solitary waves modulated by background shear currents

Peiwen Zhang, Zhenhua Xu, Qun Li, Baoshu Yin, Yijun Hou, and Antony K. Liu

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Interactive comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Feb 2018
- RC3: 'Review on “The evolution of mode-2 internal solitary waves modulated by background shear currents”', Tatiana Talipova, 11 Feb 2018
  - AC3: 'Response to Prof. Tatiana Talipova's Comments', Zhenhua Xu, 24 Apr 2018
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #1', Zhenhua Xu, 24 Apr 2018
RC2: 'Review of npg-2017-78', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #2', Zhenhua Xu, 24 Apr 2018
EC1: 'Response to Reviewers', Marek Stastna, 26 Apr 2018
AC4: 'Response letter and revised manuscript', Zhenhua Xu, 29 Apr 2018
AC5: 'Revised manuscript (clear version)', Zhenhua Xu, 29 Apr 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Zhenhua Xu on behalf of the Authors (29 Apr 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (02 May 2018) by Marek Stastna

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (15 May 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (16 May 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (18 May 2018) by Marek Stastna

AR by Zhenhua Xu on behalf of the Authors (29 May 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (04 Jun 2018) by Marek Stastna

AR by Zhenhua Xu on behalf of the Authors (12 Jun 2018)

Short summary

We perform five sets of numerical experiments to examine the evolution processes of mode-2 internal solitary waves (ISWs) modulated by background shear currents. Three distinctly different shear-induced waves were identified as forward-propagating long waves, oscillating tails and amplitude-modulated wave packets. The background shear currents are found to play an important role for the short-lived nature and energy decay process of mode-2 ISWs observed previously by Shroyer et al. (2010).