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Spring upper warm water of the Nansha Islands sea area in the South China Sea and the numerical study on its dynamic mechanism
According to the satellite remote sensing monthly mean sea surface temperature data and in situ observational Conductivity-Temperature-Depth data, it is shown that in spring, at the upper layer to the west of Pal...
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An Overview of Internal Solitary Waves in the South China Sea
Internal solitary waves (ISWs) are the nonlinear large amplitude waves existing in the oceanic pycnocline. They are very active in the northern South China Sea (SCS). With more and more remote sensing data, in...
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Vorticity budget study on the seasonal upper circulation in the northern South China Sea from altimetry data and a numerical model
Based on the EOF analyses of Absolute Dynamic Topography satellite data, it is found that, in summer, the northern South China Sea (SCS) is dominated by an anticyclonic gyre whilst by a cyclonic one in winter....
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Diurnal wind and nonlinear interaction between inertial and tidal currents in the South China Sea during the passage of Typhoon Conson
Diurnal wind (DW) and nonlinear interaction between inertial and tidal currents near the **sha Islands of the South China Sea (SCS) during the passage of Typhoon Conson (2010) are investigated using observatio...
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The effect of a seasonal stratification variation on the load exerted by internal solitary waves on a cylindrical pile
On the basis of Morison’s empirical formula and modal separation method in estimating the force and torque exerted by internal solitary waves (ISWs) on a cylindrical pile, it is found that the loads exerted by...
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The spatiotemporal variation of the wind-induced near-inertial energy flux in the mixed layer of the South China Sea
On the basis of the QSCAT/NCEP blended wind data and simple ocean data assimilation (SODA), the wind-induced near-inertial energy flux (NIEF) in the mixed layer of the South China Sea (SCS) is estimated by a s...
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Effect of background parabolic current on characteristics and energetics of internal solitary waves by numerical simulation
Based on modifications of the observed background parabolic current in upper layer of the northeastern South China Sea (SCS), the effects of eight kinds of background currents on the characteristics and energy...
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Open AccessPersistent and energetic bottom-trapped topographic Rossby waves observed in the southern South China Sea
Energetic fluctuations with periods of 9–14 days below a depth of 1400 m were observed in the southern South China Sea (SCS) from 5 years of direct measurements. We interpreted such fluctuations as topographic...
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Numerical simulation of the Kuroshio intrusion into the South China Sea by a passive tracer
Owing to lack of observational data and accurate definition, it is difficult to distinguish the Kuroshio intrusion water from the Pacific Ocean into the South China Sea (SCS). By using a passive tracer to iden...
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Modeling of suspended sediment by coupled wave-current model in the Zhujiang (Pearl) River Estuary
A three-dimensional wave-current-sediment coupled numerical model is developed to understand the sediment transport dynamics in the Zhujiang (Pearl) River Estuary (ZRE), China. The model results are in good ag...
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Internal Waves Generated by Tidal Flows over a Triangular Ridge with Critical Slopes
Direct numerical simulations are performed to investigate the generation of internal waves by tide-topography interaction in a lab-scale model. The bottom topography is a triangular ridge with two critical slo...
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Advances in research of the mid-deep South China Sea circulation
The South China Sea (SCS) is a large marginal sea connecting the Indian and Pacific oceans. Under the factors of monsoons, strait transport, and varied bathymetry, the SCS presents a three-layer structure and ...
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Open AccessImpacts of climate change and human activities on the water discharge and sediment load of the Pearl River, southern China
Global climate change and human activities have important effects on the water discharge and sediment load of the Pearl River. In this study, the water discharge and sediment load were investigated by using hy...
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Open AccessNumerical investigation of dynamic responses and mooring forces of submerged floating tunnel driven by surface waves
Based on Navier–Stokes equations, a numerical model for studying the dynamic responses and mooring forces of the moored Submerged Floating Tunnel (SFT) driven by surface waves is presented in this paper. The m...
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Effects of westward shoaling pycnocline on characteristics and energetics of internal solitary wave in the Luzon Strait by numerical simulations
An internal gravity wave model was employed to simulate the generation of internal solitary waves (ISWs) over a sill by tidal flows. A westward shoaling pycnocline parameterization scheme derived from a three-...
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Open AccessImpact of anthropogenic activities on morphological and deposition flux changes in the Pearl River Estuary, China
The evolution of the Pearl River Estuary (PRE), China in recent decades has been dominated by human activities. Historical admiralty charts and remote sensing images indicated that from 1936 to 2017, the tidal...
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On the generation and propagation of internal solitary waves in the southern Andaman Sea: A numerical study
Numerous internal solitary waves (ISWs) have been observed in the southern Andaman Sea. In this study, the two-dimensional Massachusetts Institute of Technology general circulation model is applied to investig...
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Oceanic internal solitary waves at the Indonesian submarine wreckage site
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Seasonal and spatial variations of kinematic parameters of internal solitary waves in the Andaman Sea
The horizontally variable density stratification and background currents are taken into the variable-coefficent extended Korteweg-de Vries (evKdV) theory to obtain the geographical and seasonal distribution of...
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Variations of suspended sediment transport caused by changes in shoreline and bathymetry in the Zhujiang (Pearl) River Estuary in the wet season
A wave-current-sediment coupled numerical model is employed to study the responses of suspended sediment transport in the wet season to changes in shoreline and bathymetry in the Zhujiang (Pearl) River Estuary...