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Internal solitary waves (ISWs) in the South China Sea (SCS) have received considerable attention. This paper reports on a strong ISW captured northeast of Dong-Sha Atoll on 22 May 2011 by shipboard Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP), which had the largest velocity among the ISWs so far reported in the global ocean. The peak westward velocity (u) was 2.94 m/s, and the peak downward velocity (w) was 0.63 m/s, indicating a first baroclinic mode depression wave. The amplitude of ISW inferred from ADCP backscatter was about 97 m. 2.2 h later, a trailing wave was captured with a peak westward velocity and downward velocity of 2.24 m/s and 0.42 m/s, respectively, surprisingly large for a trailing wave, suggesting that the ISW is type-A wave. The estimated baroclinic current induced by the leading ISW was much larger than the barotropic current. The Korteweg-De Vries (KdV) theoretical phase speed and the phase speed inferred from the satellite images were 1.76 m/s and 1.59 m/s, respectively. The peak horizontal velocity exceeded the phase speed, suggesting the ISW was close to or already in the process of breaking and may have formed a trapped core.

A Strong Internal Solitary Wave with Extreme Velocity Captured Northeast of Dong-Sha Atoll in the Northern South China Sea