Ecological Systems and Devices Annotation << Back NONLINEAR TRANSFORMATION OF SHORT-PERIOD WAVES IN A STRATIFIED SEA T.G. Talipova, E.A. Rouvinskaya, O.E. Kurkina, E.N. Pelinovsky Formation of short-period internal waves from a long single wave of large amplitude is studied in the framework of the Gardner equation. The evolution of waves of small mass and energy is analyzed. Scenarios of solitons and breather’s generation from an initial pulse of large mass and energy are discussed. The obtained solutions are useful for understanding the mechanisms of formation of small-scale turbulence in the ocean. Keywords: internal waves, Gardner equation, breathers, solitons. DOI: 10.25791/esip.10.2022.1327 Pp. 67-77.