Articles | Volume 24, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-24-751-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-24-751-2017
Research article
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22 Dec 2017
Research article |  | 22 Dec 2017

Head-on collision of internal waves with trapped cores

Vladimir Maderich, Kyung Tae Jung, Kateryna Terletska, and Kyeong Ok Kim

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When near-surface or near-bottom layers in the ocean are stratified, internal solitary waves (ISWs) of large amplitude can trap and transport fluid in their cores. The dynamics and energetics of a head-on collision of ISWs with trapped cores for a wide range of amplitudes and stratifications are studied numerically. The interacting stable waves of higher amplitude capture cores and carry trapped fluid in opposite directions. The interaction can trigger local wave instability of ISWs.