Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
NPG
Articles | Volume 25, issue 2
Articles | Volume 25, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-25-441-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Special issue:
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-25-441-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 25, issue 2
Research article
 | 
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

Viewed

Total article views: 4,495 (including HTML, PDF, and XML)
HTML PDF XML Total BibTeX EndNote
2,858 1,450 187 4,495 218 283
  • HTML: 2,858
  • PDF: 1,450
  • XML: 187
  • Total: 4,495
  • BibTeX: 218
  • EndNote: 283
Views and downloads (calculated since 15 Jan 2018)
Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 15 Jan 2018)

Viewed (geographical distribution)

Total article views: 4,495 (including HTML, PDF, and XML) Thereof 4,227 with geography defined and 268 with unknown origin.
Country # Views %
  • 1
1
 
 
 
 
Latest update: 02 Apr 2026
Download
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).
Read more
Share
Special issue
Extreme internal wave events