Transformation of baroclinic tidal waves in the conditions of the shelf of the Far Eastern seas

• Published in: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
• Main Authors: Kuznetsov, P D, Rouvinskaya, E A, Kurkina, O E, Kurkin, A A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2021
• Subjects: Bering Sea; Navarin; Okhotsk; Sakhalin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/946/1/012024; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/946/1/012024; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/946/1/012024/pdf

Abstract This work is devoted to the study of the regimes of transformation of baroclinic tidal waves under the conditions of the Far Eastern seas within the framework of a fully nonlinear numerical model. Two sections were selected to study the features of wave dynamics – in the Sea of Okhotsk (Sakhalin Island shelf) and in the Bering Sea (near Cape Navarin). On the basis of the performed calculations, regional and seasonal features of the transformation of baroclinic waves and the structure of the flow induced by them were revealed. It is shown that the dynamics in the winter season is less intensive. The rotation effect on the formation of solibore in the studied conditions is analyzed. The obtained estimates of wave amplitudes and velocities are consistent with the published data of field observations in the Sea of Okhotsk. For the Bering Sea, the conditions are shown to be favorable for the generation of intensive internal waves, which indirectly confirms the hypothesis of influence of such waves on the formation of underwater sand dunes.