Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics
NPG
Articles | Volume 29, issue 3
Articles | Volume 29, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-29-279-2022
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Articles | Volume 29, issue 3
Research article
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08 Jul 2022
Research article |  | 08 Jul 2022

Observations of shoaling internal wave transformation over a gentle slope in the South China Sea

Steven R. Ramp, Yiing Jang Yang, Ching-Sang Chiu, D. Benjamin Reeder, and Frederick L. Bahr

Data sets

Observations of shoaling internal wave transformation over a gentle slope in the South China Sea Frederick Bahr, Steven Ramp, and Yiing Jang Yang https://doi.org/10.17632/6wwv4m4r97.1

Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) Robert Wolfe https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/

Model code and software

Manuel HDFLook/HDFLook MODIS L. Gonzalez and C. Deroo https://hdfeos.org/software/HDFLook.php

The Generic Mapping Tools version 6 (https://www.generic-mapping-tools.org/) P. Wessel, J. F. Luis, L. Uieda, R. Scharroo, F. Wobbe, W. H. F. Smith, and D. Tian https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008515

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Short summary
Earlier work in the vicinity of the shelf and slope in the northeastern South China Sea serendipitously revealed the presence of large, stunning bed forms (sand dunes) whose height (>15 m) and length (>350 m) are quite unique and unusual. We hypothesize that the dunes formed due to shoaling very large-amplitude nonlinear internal waves that scour the bottom and resuspend and redistribute the sediments. As a first step, the wave characteristics are observed and described in detail.
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Nonlinear internal waves