Abstract
Two sets of more than 850 days of mooring records and satellite altimeter data are used to explore the features and spatiotemporal evolution of near-inertial waves (NIWs) near Nansha Island in the southern South China Sea (SCS). The observed NIWs are dominated by clockwise (downward energy propagation) motions and show a clear blue shift with a distinct peak frequency of 1.09 f during two large NIW events. The near-inertial kinetic energy (NIKE) is primarily concentrated in the upper layer and radiated downward. The largest value of depth-integrated NIKE reaches 3.5 KJ/m2. Besides, the NIWs are dominated by the first three modes, which account for 80% of the total NIKE. Moreover, the depth-integrated NIKE exhibits an apparent seasonal variation, with the largest NIKE in winter, which is almost three times larger than that in other seasons. Every large NIKE event is attributed to the passage of storms and is dominated by mode-2 NIWs. The dominance of the mode-2 NIWs is likely caused by the interaction between NIWs and mesoscale eddies.
Funder
the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province
the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
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