简介:Avariablecoefficient,rotation-modifiedextendedKortweg-deVries(vReKdV)modelisappliedtothestudyoftheSouthChinaSea(SCS),withfocusontheeffectsofthehigh-order(cubic)nonlinearityandtherotationonthedisintegrationprocessoflarge-amplitude(170m)InternalSolitaryWaves(ISWs)andthesemi-diurnalinternaltidepropagatingfromthedeepbasinstationtotheslopeandshelfregionsinacontinuouslystratifiedsystem.Thenumericalsolutionsshowthatthehigh-ordernonlinearitysigni-ficantlyaffectsthewaveprofilebyincreasingthewaveamplitudeandthephasespeedinthesimulatedarea.ItisshownthattheinitialKdV-typeISWwilldecayfasterwhentherotationdispersionisconsidered,howeverthewaveprofiledoesnotchangesignificantlyandtherotationeffectisnotimportant.Thesimulationsofthesemi-diurnalinternaltideindicatethatthephaseofthewaveprofileisshiftedearlierwhentherotationeffectisincluded.Asolitarywavepacketemergesontheshelf,andthewavespeedisalsogreaterwhenconsideringtherotationdispersion.Inaddition,theeffectsofthebackgroundcurrentsarediscussedfurtherinthispaper.ItisfoundthatthebackgroundcurrentsgenerallychangethemagnitudeandoccasionallychangethesignofthenonlinearcoefficientsinthenorthernSCS.