[1] Highly nonlinear internal solitary waves (ISWs) propagating both onshore and offshore
were detected in a SAR image taken approximately 19 hours after typhoon MAEMI's
passage across the east coast of Korea. Analysis of ocean buoy data suggests that the ISWs
were generated by near-inertial waves in response to typhoon wind. The near-inertial waves
can propagate seaward due to a downwelling coastal jet (positive relative vorticity offshore
of the jet), and interact with sharply varying topography, producing the ISWs. The area of