应用Argo资料分析西北太平洋冬、夏季水团

应用Argo剖面浮标观测的温、盐度资料，分析了西北太平洋海域冬、夏季的温、盐度分布、水团结构及其分布。首先采用T-S点聚图法分析了该海域水团分布的基本情况，由点聚分析结果可知，该海域至少存在6种以上水团；再用模糊聚类软化法对水团作进一步划分，分别计算了该海域6至11类水团的F和△F值，结果表明，冬、夏季的△F值都以划分为8类时为最大，这与大洋水团的稳定性是一致的，因此，该海域冬、夏季水团以划分为8类最佳，它们分别是北太平洋热带表层水、北太平洋次表层水、北太平洋中层水、北太平洋副热带模态水、北太平洋深层水和赤道表层水，以及南太平洋次表层水和南太平洋中层水。     

应用Argo资料分析西北太平洋冬、夏季水团

应用Argo剖面浮标观测的温、盐度资料,分析了西北太平洋海域冬、夏季的温、盐度分布、水团结构及其分布。首先采用T-S点聚图法分析了该海域水团分布的基本情况,由点聚分析结果可知,该海域至少存在6种以上水团;再用模糊聚类软化法对水团作进一步划分,分别计算了该海域6至11类水团的F和△F值,结果表明,冬、夏季的△F值都以划分为8类时为最大,这与大洋水团的稳定性是一致的,因此,该海域冬、夏季水团以划分为8类最佳,它们分别是北太平洋热带表层水、北太平洋次表层水、北太平洋中层水、北太平洋副热带模态水、北太平洋深层水和赤道表层水,以及南太平洋次表层水和南太平洋中层水。     

赤道太平洋近表层上升流的估计

利用1979-2006年间的卫星跟踪漂流浮标资料计算得到多年平均的赤道太平洋近表层流场,并估计赤道中东太平洋上混合层水平流场的散度和上升流流量.主要结论包括:1)赤道中东太平洋上升流区域主要集中在日界线以东以赤道为中心的±2°纬度带内,并且赤道南北约4°处各有一下沉流区域;2)赤道中东太平洋附近(165°E-85°W,2°S-2°N)散度平均约为2.0×10-7s-1,对应30m深处上升流区域整体体积输送约为43Sv,其中大约一半的上升流水体随热带流圈在赤道外4°N/S附近下沉,其余部分向两极输送;3)赤道中东太平洋辐散在春季达到最大值2.1×10-7s-1,而在秋季最弱;4)在El Ni(n)o期间辐散减弱,而在La Ni(n)a期间辐散增强,其中纬向流所致的辐合辐散也起到一定作用.     

太平洋次表层海温异常年际变率的信号通道与ENSO循环

利用SODA海洋同化资料,分析了太平洋次表层海温异常(SOTA)年际信号变异特征与ENSO循环的联系。结果表明,热带太平洋的年际变率表现为以160°W为纵轴的东西向和以6°—8°N为横轴的南北向的跷跷板分布,南太平洋和北太平洋中高纬度海洋的SOTA则与热带西太平洋SOTA同号,但强度较弱,这些变化都与ENSO事件密切相关,是ENSO事件的两个主要模态,具57和44个月显著周期。ENSO循环期间,热带西太平洋SOTA强信号中心沿赤道东传,到达赤道东太平洋后加强并北扩,导致ElNi?o或LaNi?a事件,同时从热带西太平洋有较弱SOTA信号向东北和西南传播,在南、北太平洋中高纬度海域产生弱SOTA;同期位于热带东太平洋反号的SOTA强信号中心沿10°—15°N(平均12°N)西传,至热带西太平洋后加强并南扩,为下次LaNi?a或ElNi?o事件准备条件,同时在北太平洋中高纬度海洋还存在着反号弱的SOTA。如此周而复始,完成ENSO循环。太平洋次表层海温年际变化信号除在赤道及以北的热带太平洋存在一个逆时针方向的传播通道外,同时在热带西太平洋有异常信号向南、北太平洋中高纬度海域传播,并指出ENSO循环期间太平洋次表层海温异常年际变率信号传播的可能通道。     

太平洋低纬度西边界流和涡旋结构季节变化的观测分析

利用漂流浮标、ADCP和Argo等观测资料,对太平洋低纬度西边界流和涡旋结构的季节变化进行了分析.根据漂流浮标资料计算的北赤道流、棉兰老海流和北赤道逆流具有明显的季节变化,而且北赤道流/棉兰老海流和北赤道逆流在冬春、夏秋之间具有明显的反位相变化,这一特征造成了气旋式棉兰老冷涡强度的季节变化很弱,水团分析表明,该冷涡的水团特性主要是北太平洋热带水.反气旋式的哈马黑拉暖涡强度具有明显的季节变化,其水团特性主要是南太平洋热带水.给出了棉兰老涡和哈马黑拉涡强度的垂直结构,表明这两个涡旋的强度在0～30 m迅速减弱,在30～450 m近似线性减弱,在450 m以下涡旋消失.     

北太平洋副热带潜沉率及其变化中海面风的作用

采用中国科学院大气物理研究所的高分辨率逐日风场驱动的全球海洋模式(LICOM1·0)对北太平洋海域的潜沉(Subduction)过程和副热带模态水形成区潜沉率的年际变化进行了数值模拟,并将模拟结果与同化的海洋模式资料(SODA)进行了比较。研究结果表明,该高分辨率的海洋模式对北太平洋的绝大部分海域晚冬混合层底水质点的运动方向和路径的数值模拟结果较好,模式模拟的副热带环流比SODA资料中的副热带环流流速强;模式模拟的混合层深度比SODA资料中的混合层深度深,更接近观测;模式中副热带海域的潜沉率大于SODA资料中的副热带海域的潜沉率。模式结果表明,副热带环流和副极地环流交界处是潜沉过程发生的最主要区,该区气候平均的潜沉率超过100m/a,最大为150m/a,海面风变异引起的海洋平流的年际和年代际变化,是该区潜沉率发生年际和年代际变化的主要原因;在太平洋副热带东部模态水形成区,气候平均的潜沉率超过50m/a,在该区潜沉率的年际变化中,局地风应力旋度决定的Ekman抽吸要比海洋平流效应更加重要。     

基于Argo观测的太平洋温、盐度分布与变化(Ⅱ):盐度

利用基于客观分析方法重构的Argo网格资料(未同化其他观测资料),分析探讨了2004年1月-2011年12月期间太平洋海域(60°S-60°N、120°E-80°W)盐度气候态分布特征与变化规律。结果表明,分别位于南、北亚热带海域的两个高盐(北部约为35.2,南部为36.4左右)中心,呈马鞍形的双峰分布,对称中心不在赤道,而是偏北12个纬度;在南、北纬40°附近海域,盐度等值线十分密集,形成"极锋";在新西兰东南海域存在低盐水由南向北的入侵现象,且由表层至1 000 m深层终年存在。盐度在亚极地海域每年大致呈一高一低的周期性变化,亚北极海域更明显,最高盐度值出现在每年的4月份,最低盐度值则出现在每年的9月份,高低盐度差在0.30~0.45之间。表层以下,盐度的周期性变化远不如表层明显,至500 m中层,整个太平洋海域的盐度最大变幅不超过0.10。赤道海域的表层盐度在2007年和2010年分别有明显的异常减小,最大振幅约为0.8,年际变化周期约为3年;北副热带和亚北极海域的表层,盐度表现出3-6个月的年际振荡,振幅约为0.2;中层盐度几乎没有明显的异常变化。     

印尼贯穿流源区马鲁古海和哈马黑拉海水团来源的气候态分析

本文利用World Ocean Atlas 2013（WOA2013）气候态的温盐资料和the Simple Ocean Data Assimilation （SODA v3.3.1）流场数据，分析印尼贯穿流东部源区马鲁古海和哈马黑拉海的水团垂向分布特征及其来源，特别是次表层、中层及深层水的来源和路径。结果表明，气候态下，马鲁古海次表层的高温高盐水来自于北太平洋，与北太平洋热带水性质接近，哈马黑拉海次表层主要是来自南太平洋热带水；中层水以低温低盐为特征，马鲁古海的中层水来自南太平洋，受南极中层水控制，哈马黑拉海的中层水可能是从马鲁古海而来的南太平洋水；对于次表层和中层之间的过渡层，马鲁古海与哈马黑拉海的水源为南、北太平洋的混合水，且两个海域之间也存在着水团交换；在深层，马鲁古海的水源更倾向于班达海北部及塞兰海，而与太平洋水无关，哈马黑拉海由于地形阻挡也难以与太平洋直接发生水团交换。     

基于Argo轨迹资料反演热带太平洋中层流场条带状结构特征

利用Argo浮标的轨迹资料估算热带太平洋中层纬向流场的条带状结构以及其变化特征。相较于传统温盐地转流算法,基于Argo轨迹资料的反演算法的优势在于不受零参考面的选取以及赤道地转平衡失效的局限。结果表明:在赤道太平洋海域,中层(1000dbar)纬向流场在南北半球都具有条带状分布,强流分布在赤道附近海域;在远离赤道海域,北半球(9°N、13°N、18°N)有相对赤道较弱的东向流动,而南半球东向流动相对更弱,没有同北半球一样明显的东向急流。此外,热带太平洋中层流场的时间变化特征较为复杂:近赤道流的变化以季节尺度为主,而远离赤道的流则逐渐演变为多时间尺度下的变化,海洋Rossby波的调整起到主导作用。     

基于Argo 观测的太平洋温、盐度 分布与变化（2）：盐度

利用基于客观分析方法重构的Argo网格资料（未同化其他观测资料）,分析探讨了2004年1月-2011年12月期间太平洋海域（60°S-60°N、120°E-80°W）盐度气候态分布特征与变化规律。结果表明,分别位于南、北亚热带海域的两个高盐（北部约为35.2,南部为36.4左右）中心,呈马鞍形的双峰分布,对称中心不在赤道,而是偏北12个纬度;在南、北纬40°附近海域,盐度等值线十分密集,形成“极锋”;在新西兰东南海域存在低盐水由南向北的入侵现象,且由表层至1000 m深层终年存在。盐度在亚极地海域每年大致呈一高一低的周期性变化,亚北极海域更明显,最高盐度值出现在每年的4月份,最低盐度值则出现在每年的9月份,高低盐度差在0.30~0.45之间。表层以下,盐度的周期性变化远不如表层明显,至500 m中层,整个太平洋海域的盐度最大变幅不超过0.10。赤道海域的表层盐度在2007年和2010年分别有明显的异常减小,最大振幅约为0.8,年际变化周期约为3年;北副热带和亚北极海域的表层,盐度表现出3-6个月的年际振荡,振幅约为0.2;中层盐度几乎没有明显的异常变化。     

Direct measurements of surface and mid-depth circulationin the Shikoku Basin by Argo profiling floats

The circulation in the Shikoku Basin plays a very important role in the pathway of the Kuroshio and the water exchange in the subtropical gyre in the North Pacific Ocean. The Argo profiling floats deployed in the Shikoku Basin are used to study the circulations and water masses in the basin. The trajectories and parking depth velocity fields derived from all Argo floats show an anticyclonic circulation at 2 000 m in the Shikoku Basin. There are inhanced eddy activities in the Shikoku Basin, which have large influence on the Shikoku Basin circulation patterns. The characteristics of temperature-salinity curves indicate that there are North Pacific Ocean tropical water (NPTW), North Pacific Ocean subtropical mode water (NPSTMW) and North Pacific Ocean intermediate water (NPIW) in the Shikoku Basin. The NPTW is only exists south of 32°N. In the middle part of the basin, which is 28°~31°N,133°~135°E, there is a confluence region. Water masses coming from the Kuroshio mix with the water in the Shikoku Basin.     

The mean flow field of the tropical Atlantic Ocean

The mean horizontal flow field of the tropical Atlantic Ocean is described between 20°N and 20°S from observations and literature results for three layers of the upper ocean, Tropical Surface Water, Central Water, and Antarctic Intermediate Water. Compared to the subtropical gyres the tropical circulation shows several zonal current and countercurrent bands of smaller meridional and vertical extent. The wind-driven Ekman layer in the upper tens of meters of the ocean masks at some places the flow structure of the Tropical Surface Water layer as is the case for the Angola Gyre in the eastern tropical South Atlantic. Although there are regions with a strong seasonal cycle of the Tropical Surface Water circulation, such as the North Equatorial Countercurrent, large regions of the tropics do not show a significant seasonal cycle. In the Central Water layer below, the eastward North and South Equatorial undercurrents appear imbedded in the westward-flowing South Equatorial Current. The Antarcic Intermediate Water layer contains several zonal current bands south of 3°N, but only weak flow exists north of 3°N. The sparse available data suggest that the Equatorial Intermediate Current as well as the Southern and Northern Intermediate Countercurrents extend zonally across the entire equatorial basin. Due to the convergence of northern and southern water masses, the western tropical Atlantic north of the equator is an important site for the mixture of water masses, but more work is needed to better understand the role of the various zonal under- and countercurrents in cross-equatorial water mass transfer.     

Optimum multiparameter analysis of the water mass structure in the Atlantic Ocean thermocline

An analysis of the water mass structure of the Atlantic Ocean central layer is conducted by applying optimum multiparameter (OMP) analysis to an expansive historical data set. This inverse method utilises hydrographic property fields to determine the spreading and mixing of water masses in the permanent thermocline. An expanded form of OMP analysis is used, incorporating Redfield ratios and pseudo-age to correct for the non-conservative behaviour of oxygen and nutrients over large oceanic areas.Three water masses are considered to contribute to the central layer of the Atlantic Ocean. One of these is formed in each hemisphere of the Atlantic Ocean and the other advects around the southern tip of Africa from its formation region in the Indian Ocean. The Atlantic Ocean is analysed on a fine three-dimensional grid so that at every grid point the relative contributions of each water mass and the pseudo-age are determined.The model is remarkably successful in verifying many accepted circulation features in the Atlantic Ocean, including the large-scale circulations of the subtropical gyres, the zonal flows of equatorial currents at the equator, and a cross-equatorial flow of the water masses formed in the southern hemisphere near the western boundary. The inter-hemisphere flow is so important that almost half of the thermocline waters in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico are supplied by the two water masses formed in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans. This provides support for an upper-layer replacement path for the formation of North Atlantic Deep Water. Further east, the sharp front at about 15°N between North and South Atlantic Central Waters is clearly discriminated throughout the thermocline. The central waters of the South Atlantic thermocline are found to be highly stratified, with central water formed in the Indian Ocean underlying the South Atlantic Central Water. At around 5°N a strong upwelling zone is identified in which the central water formed in the Indian Ocean penetrates towards the surface. The pseudo-age results allow pathways for the flow of water masses to be inferred, and clearly identify circulation features such as the subtropical gyres, the Equatorial Undercurrent, and the shadow zones in the eastern equatorial regions of the Atlantic Ocean. Water mass renewal in these shadow zones occurs on considerably longer time scales than for the well-ventilated subtropical gyres.     

水下滑翔机在识别水团新结构中的应用

本研究基于中国科学院沈阳自动化研究所自主研发的水下滑翔机在热带东太平洋观测获取的连续剖面温盐数据,并通过与多套不同数据的比测,证实国产水下滑翔机观测的温盐数据准确可靠,未来可大范围应用于深海大洋。观测结果首次发现该海域北太平洋中央水（NPCW）（50~100 m）的60~80 m层分布着中间层低盐水,分析认为该低盐水来源于水团下方的加利福尼亚流系水（CCS）,中间层低盐水形成的动力机制主要受跃层附近的内波控制,并与内波强度密切相关,同时受上层（20~60 m）障碍层的影响,该中间层低盐水仅仅出现在60~80 m。本研究发现内波与障碍层能够通过影响动能与热能的传输进而促进水团新结构的形成,相关成果丰富了内波与障碍层对上层海洋响应的研究,具有重要的科学价值。     

基于历史资料和Argo资料的印尼贯通流次表层和中层水起源与路径探讨

利用Argo资料和《世界海洋数据集2001版》(WOD01)温盐历史资料,通过对代表性等位势面上盐度分布的分析,探讨了次表层和中层等不同层次上印尼贯通流(ITF)的起源与路径问题.分析结果表明,ITF的次表层水源主要来自北太平洋,中层水源地既包括北太平洋、南太平洋,同时也不能排除有印度洋的可能性.在印度尼西亚海域西部,ITF的次表层和中层水源分别为北太平洋热带水(NPTW)和中层水(NPIW),经苏拉威西海、望加锡海峡到达弗洛勒斯海,层次越深特征越明显.在印度尼西亚海域东部,发现哈马黑拉-新几内亚水道附近存在次表层强盐度锋面,阻隔了南太平洋热带水(SPTW)由此进入ITF海域;中层水具有高于NPIW和来自南太平洋的南极中层水(AAIW)的盐度值,既可能是AAIW和SPTW在当地发生剧烈垂直混合而形成,也可能是来自印度洋的AAIW向北延伸进入ITF的结果.     

A preliminary study on the intermediate water masses in the tropical West Pacific

INTRODUCTIONIntermediatewaterexistsinalloceansandhasreceivedattentionasanimportantpartoftheoceancirculation.ThefirstsystematicresearchontheintermediatewaterinthePacificwasdonebyReid(1965)andthenbyNitani(1972).ItisgenerallyconsideredthatthereexisttwokindsofintermediatewaterinthePacific.OneofthemisthelowsalinitywaterformedbysubsurfacemixinganddescendinginthenorthpartoftheSubantarcticConvergenceZone,whichisgenerallyknownastheSouthPacificintermediateWater(SPIW).TheSPIWmovesnorthwardata…     

Hydrography and geostrophy around Easter Island

A series of hydrographic stations north and south of Easter Island (27′10′S, 109′20′W), Chile, were sampled between 22 and 23 May, 1994. The hydrography measured was consistent with basin-scale studies and showed a surface mixed layer that ranged between 80 and 115 m depth and had temperature and salinity values typical of autumn subtropical waters (22′C in temperature and 35.85 in salinity). The hydrography indicated the presence of two water masses in the vicinity of the island: the eastern South Pacific Central Water and the Antarctic Intermediate Water. Nutrient concentrations in general were lowest at the surface, over a layer that was deeper than the density mixed layer, and increased with depth. The appearance of salt fingers within the eastern South Pacific Central water mass was suggested by the positive vertical gradients of temperature and salinity, by the rough steps in the temperature and salinity profiles, and by the low and positive density ratios combined with Turner angles between 70′ and 80′. The density field indicated the development of geostrophic flows that were consistent with the eastern portion of the subtropical gyre of the South Pacific and with the surface dynamic topography of the period of observations. Due to the presence of the island, the large-scale north-northwestward geostrophic flows were reversed at spatial scales comparable to the size of the island.     

基于Argo浮标和历史资料的热带西太平洋次表层与中层水年代变化分析

利用20世纪80年代和90年代WOD01(World Ocean Database2001)中的CTD温盐剖面资料和2000年以后Argo资料,对比分析了热带西太平洋次表层和中层水团分布的年代变化特征。分析结果表明,在这两个时期,起源于南北太平洋中高纬度海域的各次表层水和中层水,在热带西太平洋分布特征和交织在一起的总体态势基本一致,水团性质的年代变化不大。这与上述两个时段全球海洋-大气耦合系统趋于正常状态相吻合。通过辨识和跟踪表征次表层水性质的盐度极大值,发现南太平洋热带水沿西边界向北扩散程度有所加大,由前一时期的5°N,进一步扩散到6°~7°N;北太平洋热带水在西边界附近的向南扩散程度有所削弱,在2002-2005年间只向南扩散到4°N,而前一个时期则可向南扩散到2°N。通过辨识表征中层水性质的盐度极小值,南极中层水在西边界附近向北扩散程度有所加大,在2002-2005年到达13°N附近,而前一个时期只到达11°N;同期,北太平洋中层水在西边界附近的向南扩散程度有所削弱。上述年代变化与全球水循环强度的变化之间有何关系有待进一步研究。