Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2020YFA0608801);the Scientific Instrument Developing Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.YJKYYQ20190047);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Nos.2016YFC0301203,2017YFA0603202);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42122041)The TS Scholar Program;Mooring and CTD data were collected onboard of R/V Kexue implementing the open research cruise NORC2021-09 supported by the NSFC Shiptime Sharing Project(No.42049909)。
Based on mooring observations from Aug.1,2016 to Dec.14,2017,the characteristics and underlying mechanisms of near-inertial waves(NIWs)observed east of the Philippines were studied.Three strong NIW events were investi...