Seasonal Variation of the Cheju Warm Current in the Northern East China Sea

The Cheju Warm Current has been defined as a mean current that rounds Cheju-do clockwise, transporting warm and saline water to the western coastal area of Cheju-do and into the Cheju Strait in the northern East China Sea (Lie et al., 1998). Seasonal variation of the Cheju Warm Current and its relevant hydrographic structures were examined by analyzing CTD data and trajectories of satellite-tracked drifters. Analysis of a combined data set of CTD and drifters confirms the year-round existence of the Cheju Warm Current west of Cheju-do and in the Cheju Strait, with current speeds of 5 to 40 cm/s. Saline waters transported by the Cheju Warm Current are classified Cheju Warm Current water for water of salinity greater than 34.0 psu and modified Cheju Warm Current for water having salinity of 33.5–34.0 psu. In winter, Cheju Warm Current water appears in a relatively large area west of Cheju-do, bounded by a strong thermohaline front formed in a "" shape. In summer and autumn, the Cheju Warm Current water appears only in the lower layer, retreating to the western coastal area of Cheju-do in summer and to the eastern coastal area sometimes in autumn. The Cheju Warm Current is found to flow in the western channel of the Korea/Tsushima Strait after passing through the Cheju Strait, contributing significantly to the Tsushima Warm Current.     

1986年7月黄海南部及东海北部海况的主要特征

本文简要阐明了1986年7月中美南黄海合作调查所得的东海北部和南黄海的海况特征。给出了2m,50m,底层及主要断面的温、盐度分布图、T-S图解、动力计算和漂流浮标的观测结果。从这些图表可以看出:夏季黄海暖流不再进入南黄海内部,但有经济州海峡重新回归对马暖流的迹象;黄海冷水团内部结构复杂,黄海的陆架锋对黄海水文要素的分布变化有重要影响;南黄海上层存在着封闭的密度环流;济州岛西南依然存在着气旋型海水运动等。     

Characteristics of the Sôya Warm Current in the Okhotsk Sea

Characteristics of the Sôya Warm Current from Abashiri Bay to the area off the coast of the southern Kuril Islands are clarified by water mass analysis. The water flowing into the Okhotsk Sea as the Sôya Warm Current is divided into two: the Forerunner of the Sôya Warm Water (March to May) and the Sôya Warm Water (June to November). It is shown that in May the Sôya Warm Current flows in the subsurface layer (about 200–400m deep) in Abashiri Bay, and flows northeastward just off the coast of the Kuril Islands as a subsurface current reaching a region northwest of Etorofu Island by the end of May. The dissolved oxygen content is fairly effective in identifying the Forerunner of the Sôya Warm Water in the subsurface layer. The Sôya Warm Current shifts upwards to the surface layer in Abashiri Bay by early July, because the Sôya Warm Water with large thermosteric anomaly _t begins to flow into the Okhotsk Sea in June. It is shown that, in general, the major portion of the Sôya Warm Current flows northeastward just off the coast of the Kuril Islands during the summer season, although a minor branch of the current flows northward in the area off the Shiretoko Peninsula, and another minor branch flows out to the Pacific Ocean through the Nemuro Straits.     

The temporal and spatial variability of the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass in the southeastern Yellow Sea, 2009-2011

The Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass(YSCWM) is one of the important water mass in the Yellow Sea(YS).It is distributed in the lower layer in the Yellow Sea central trough with the temperature less than 10 C and the salinity lower than 33.0.To understand the variability of the YSCWM,the hydrographic data obtained in April and August during 2009–2011 are analyzed in the southeastern Yellow Sea.In August 2011,relatively warm and saline water compared with that in 2009 and 2010 was detected in the lower layer in the Yellow Sea central area.Although the typhoon passed before the cruise,the salinity in the Yellow Sea central trough is much higher than the previous season.It means that the saline event cannot be explained by the typhoon but only by the intrusion of saline water during the previous winter.In April 2011,actually,warm and saline water(T >10 C,S >34) was observed in the deepest water depth of the southeastern area of the Yellow Sea.The wind data show that the northerly wind in 2011 winter is stronger than in 2009 and 2010 winter season.The strong northerly wind can trigger the intrusion of warm and saline Yellow Sea Warm Current.Therefore,it is proposed that the strong northerly wind in winter season leads to the intrusion of the Yellow Sea Warm Current into the Yellow Sea central trough and influenced a variability of the YSCWM in summer.     

东海北部一个夏季气旋型涡旋的初步分析

近十年来,随着海洋探测技术的发展,在世界各大洋里都发现了中尺度涡旋,这是物理海洋学上的重大进展之一。目前所发现的中尺度涡旋,不管是在大洋里,还是在极地区,一般均处于千米以上的深水区。但在陆架浅海区，海底摩擦要消耗大量的能量,是否也会出现这类涡旋,这是一个令人感兴趣的问题。 根据现有文献和我们对近几年东海水文调查资料的初步分析得知,在我国陆架区至少有两个气旋型涡旋,一个在台湾东北的彭佳屿附近海域,另一个在济州岛西南海域。对前者,管秉贤(1978)和M.Uda(1974)等均从冷水团的角度进行过研究,特别是日本学者在此海域进行了多次调査。至于后者,井上尚文(1975)曾根据1969年11月投放的“人工水母”(即底层流示踪器)的资料分析指出:“在黄海暖流和黄海沿岸流两股底层流的中间区域,有黄海冷水伸入。在秋、冬期间,南北流向呈反时针方向旋转。从而可以认为,以调查海区的中部(济州岛南面)海底为中心,有一个范围相当大的环流存在。”由此人们自然会提出这样一个问题:在春、夏两季,这一反时针方向的水平环流是否继续存在。尤其在夏季,自南北上进入黄海和东海的黑潮及其分支(对马暖流和黄海暖流)与黄海、东海沿岸流系交错汇合,盘踞在下层的冷水又极度发展,使得环流结构和水文状况较冬季复杂得多,这时的情况又将变得怎样?本文主要根据1972年7-8月常规水文观测资料,同时参照近几年的水文资料,对此问题作一初步探讨。 本文研究的重点海区的范围是30°30′-33°00′N,124°00′-127°E,如图1阴影部分所示。为了便于资料的分析,在绘制温、盐度等平面分布图时,将其范扩大到28°-34°N之间的大部分海域。 本文引用的资料主要来源于国家海洋局标准断面调查资料,东海渔业资源调査资料，日本气象厅海洋气象观测资料和南朝鲜水产振兴院海洋观测资料。     

Summertime hydrographic features in the southeastern Hwanghae

CTD casts in the southeastern Hwanghae (Yellow Sea) were made in August 1983 and 1984 to describe the spatial structure of the summertime hydrographic features. Cold coastal water appeared around the southwestern coast of Korea, which was formed by strong tidal stirring. Tidal mixing in the study area seems to have been enhanced by the presence of many small islands. In the deeper region beyond the tidal front, stratification became much stronger and the bottom layer below seasonal thermocline was occupied mostly by the Hwanghae Cold Water characterized by a temperature lower than 10°C and salinity of 32.5–33.0%.The northeastward extension of the Changjiang Diluted Water was shown by a tongue-like plume of relatively warm fresh water, confined to the thin surface layer 10 m thick. There was no evidence for the Hwanghae Warm Current carrying high salinity water into the eastern Hwanghae along the Korean coast. The warm current was found to flow in a narrow band close to the west and north coast of Chejudo (Cheju Island) and then to pass eastward through the Cheju Strait. Thus the eastern part of the cyclonic circulation in the surface layer cannot be considered to be a northward continuation of the Hwanghae Warm Current. The local salinity maximum in the lower layer off Kunsan and the higher salinity on the west side of the central trough than on the east side would imply a northward flow on the west flank of the trough to compensate for the southward intrusion of the Hwanghae Cold Water, from which an anticyclonic circulation could be expected in the lower layer.     

Recent advances in ocean-circulation research on the Yellow Sea and East China Sea shelves

Recent advances in ocean-circulation research on the Yellow Sea and East China Sea shelves are summarized. Observations using acoustic Doppler current profilers (ADCPs) suggest that the connectivity of mean-volume-transports is incomplete between the Tsushima (2.6 Sverdrups; 1 Sv = 10⁶ m³/s) and Taiwan Straits (1.2 Sv). The remaining 1.4-Sv transport must be supplied by onshore Kuroshio intrusion across the East China Sea shelf break. The Yellow Sea Warm Current is not a persistent ocean current, but an episodic event forced by northerly winter monsoon winds. Nevertheless, the Cheju Warm Current is detected clearly regardless of season. In addition, the throughflow in the Taiwan Strait may be episodic in winter when northeasterly winds prevail. The throughflow strengthens (vanishes) under moderate (severe) northeasterly wind conditions. Using all published ADCP-derived estimates, the throughflow transport (V) in the Taiwan Strait is approximated as

The Current System in the Yellow and East China Seas

During the 1990s, our knowledge and understanding of the current system in the Yellow and East China Seas have grown significantly due primarily to new technologies for measuring surface currents and making high-resolution three-dimensional numerical model calculations. One of the most important new findings in this decade is direct evidence of the northward current west of Kyushu provided by satellite-tracked surface drifters. In the East China Sea shelf region, these recent studies indicate that in winter the Tsushima Warm Current has a single source, the Kuroshio Branch Current in the west of Kyushu, which transports a mixture of Kuroshio Water and Changjiang River Diluted Water northward. In summer the surface Tsushima Warm Current has multiple sources, i.e., the Taiwan Warm Current, the Kuroshio Branch Current to the north of Taiwan, and the Kuroshio Branch Current west of Kyushu. The summer surface circulation pattern in the East China Sea shelf region changes year-to-year corresponding to interannual variations in Changjiang River discharge. Questions concerning the Yellow Sea Warm Current, the Chinese Coastal Current in the Yellow Sea, the current field southwest of Kyushu, and the deep circulation in the Okinawa Trough remain to be addressed in the next decade. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

东海和南黄海夏季环流的斜压模式

基于拉格朗日余流及其输运过程的一种三维空间弱非线性理论，引进了黑潮边界力及长江径流，给出了东海和南黄海的夏季环流及上升流区的分布。计算结果表明：在黑潮西侧存在着台湾－对马暖流系统；进入朝鲜海峡的对马暖流来自台湾暖流、黑潮、东海混合水和西朝鲜沿岸流；黄海暖流主要来源于东海混合水，表面有部分来自对马暖流；闽浙沿岸存在上升流区且构成一带状区域；在长江口外、东海东北部和陆坡上也存在在上升流式；陆坡处上升流     

南黄海暖流水的温、盐度分布特征

在南黄海的东南部，有一支较强的高温、高盐水入侵，这一水体通常称为黄海暖流，也有人称之为南黄海高盐水。从环流和水团的结构来看，这一水体来源于济州岛东南的对马暖流，我们则称之为南黄海暖流水。本文试图从水团分析角度研究这一水体的温、盐度分布基本特征。 南黄海暖流水自对马暖流分出后，沿西北方向侵入南黄海，对黄海、渤海、东海的海洋环境有着重大的影响。也更因其高温特征，携带大量热量，对我国沿海地区和朝鲜半岛的气候也有一定的影响。所以，它很早就引起了国内外海洋学界的重视。我国曾于六十年代初期对黄海暖流作过研究，但研究海区仅局限于124°E以西海域。 本文引用的海洋观测资料包括中国和南朝鲜在1976-1979年间在南黄海及其东部邻近海区的(双月)调查资料(共计141个测站)。研究海区向东扩至128°E 。     

夏冬季北黄海水体浊度分布特征研究

应用2007年1月和7月国家908专项北黄海区块水体调查获取的浊度等资料,分析了夏季和冬季北黄海海域水体浊度的水平和垂向分布特征,初步阐述了夏、冬季北黄海水体浊度分布具有南北高,中间低的特征。无论是夏季还是冬季,山东半岛东北沿岸和辽东半岛东南沿岸为高浊度区,中部海域受北黄海冷水团的影响而维持低浊度。夏季,北黄海冷水团导致的水体层结效应产生了"水障"作用——悬浮物只能沿岸分布和输送;冬季,山东半岛东端外海的强海流切变锋阻碍了悬浮物的纬向输送。此外,研究还发现由于黄海冷水团和黄海暖流的作用,导致夏、冬季黄海中部的沉积动力环境有所差异。     

北黄海温盐分布季节变化特征分析

利用2006～2007年夏冬春秋4个季节北黄海的大面调查资料,分析了4个季节北黄海温度和盐度大面以及典型断面分布特征,得出以下结论:2007年冷水团势力范围强于2006年,北黄海冷水团的形成受地形影响.黄海暖流冬春季较强,冬季最强,夏季最弱,秋季开始形成.鲁北沿岸流冬季最强,春季减弱,夏秋季消失,但夏季鲁北沿岸存在冬季鲁北沿岸流水的残余体,即鲁北沿岸水.辽南沿岸水4个季节都以低盐为特征,除夏季低盐中心位于庄河口外,其它3个季节低盐中心均位于调查区域的东北角.渤海与北黄海之间的水交换4个季节都存在.春季,断面盐跃层形成滞后于温跃层;秋季,断面盐跃层消失滞后于温跃层.     

渤、黄、东海夏季环流的三维斜压模型

基于拉格朗日时均观点描述环流，建立起潮流与准定常流共同占优势系统中的陆浅海环流模型，并诊断计算了夏季渤、黄、东海的三维环流图。模拟结果较好地再现了渤、黄、东海主要流系的特征。对照冬季结果，对渤、黄、东海环流的季节变化做了阐述。从环流垂向分量的分布图上，可发现渐闽近海、长江口外存在较明显的上升流区。另外，对夏季渤、黄、东海的热盐环流和潮致余流分别进行了模拟，发现它们均能在黄海构成一逆时针向的五流系统，这对形成和维持夏季黄海冷水团的存在有重要作用。热盐环流的模拟结果表明，黄海冷水团环流含有“热成流”的成分；通过Lagrange余流的计算发现环绕黄河冷水团的环流还含有“潮成流”的成分。     

南黄海表层沉积物碳酸盐及Ca、Sr、Ba分布特征

依据表层沉积物碳酸盐及元素Ca、Sr、Ba特征,探讨了南黄海表层沉积物的来源及其动力成因。现代黄河物质及老黄河三角洲物质以高钙、高碳酸盐和高Ca/Sr比值为特征;海区东北部物质以低钙、低碳酸盐、低Ca/Sr与Sr/Ba比值为特征,长江物质以碳酸盐及CaO含量、Ca/Sr与Sr/Ba比值中等为特征。表层沉积物碳酸盐、CaO含量及Ca/Sr、Sr/Ba比值的分布对不同特征沉积物的搬运和沉积具有很好的指示意义,南黄海北部Sr/Ba低值带沿NE－SW向延伸大体反映了黄海暖流的入侵路线。     

南黄海冬季生源要素的分布特征

本文对冬季南黄海横贯东西断面的生源要素分布特征进行了探讨。指出：１）冬季黄海暖流水除了具有高温、高盐等物理特征外,还具有低氧、高ｐＨ和低营养盐等化学特征;２）南黄海西南部海域具有高温、高盐、低氧和高营养盐特征,这是台湾暖流前缘水北上所致;３）南黄海中部营养盐含量较高,西部近岸含量较低;４）叶绿素ａ含量及初级生产力水平较低。结果还表明,冬季南黄海溶解氧含量及分布主要受水温的控制。     

Mean flow and variability in the southwestern East Sea

The Ulleung Basin is one of three deep basins that are contained within the East/Japan Sea. Current meter moorings have been maintained in this basin beginning in 1996. The data from these moorings are used to investigate the mean circulation pattern, variability of deep flows, and volume transports of major water masses in the Ulleung Basin with supporting hydrographic data and help from a high-resolution numerical model. The bottom water within the Ulleung Basin, which must enter through a constricted passage from the north, is found to circulate cyclonically—a pattern that seems prevalent throughout the East Sea. A strong current of about 6 cms⁻¹ on average flows southward over the continental slope off the Korean coast underlying the northward East Korean Warm Current as part of the mean abyssal cyclonic circulation. Volume transports of the northward East Korean Warm Current, and southward flowing East Sea Intermediate Water and East Sea Proper Water are estimated to be 1.4 Sv (1 Sv=10⁻⁶ m³ s⁻¹), 0.8 Sv, and 3.0–4.0 Sv, respectively. Deep flow variability involves a wide range of time scales with no apparent seasonal variations, whereas the deep currents in the northern East Sea are known to be strongly seasonal.     

南黄海西部2007年4月的逆温跃层

利用南黄海西部2007-04的温盐实测资料,采用海洋层结谱表达法及自适应识别,得到逆温跃层的"五点三要素",形成强度要素平面分布图.分析表明,逆温跃层的存在与黄海暖流水有直接的关系:1)4月份,黄海暖流水受到的海面冷却仍是产生逆温跃层的普遍原因,在该海区黄海暖流向北延伸和向两侧拓展的区域都有该种类型的逆温跃层存在,位置相对较浅;2)但在偏南的黄海暖流主干区,海面冷却产生的效应被主流区的热量补充所抵消,逆温跃层很弱甚至消失,这是该月份逆温跃层分布区向北退缩并在南部中心附近呈现缺失区的主要原因;3)南下的鲁北沿岸流水的冷水叠加在黄海暖流水的暖水上方,使逆温跃层加强,使得冷暖水的作用区成为强逆温跃层区;4)黄海暖流左侧冷沿岸流水及右侧冷水的前端向黄海暖流楔入,其前端往往覆盖在底层高温高盐的黄海暖流水上方形成下逆温跃层,从而形成双逆温跃层.这些特点,较以前认知更加客观、全面、细致和准确.     

南黄海春季海水化学要素的分布特征及其受控因素

基于2007年4月对南黄海调查所得资料,对海水化学要素的分布特征及影响因素进行了探讨。结果表明,受浮游植物光合作用的影响,南黄海中北部上层海域出现了DO、pH的高值区以及营养盐的低值区,而底层则因有机物的分解,DO和pH较低而营养盐含量较高;受苏北沿岸水、长江冲淡水和/或台湾暖流前缘混合水的影响,南黄海西南部海域表、底层DO含量均较低,但却为营养盐的最高值区,且表层水中无机氮盈余状况的分布与该海域环流状况、尤其是苏北沿岸水的扩展途径密切相关,表现为无机氮相对过剩,而无机磷相对缺乏;南黄海西部沿岸流对营养盐往东南方向的输运态势较为明显,同时,首次从营养盐分布的角度揭示了这一水动力过程;受苏北沿岸水、黄海暖流以及两者之间的南黄海西部沿岸流主体的影响,南黄海斜断面上海水化学要素的分布具有明显的区域化特征和空间结构。     

渤、黄海冬、夏季节风生流场年际变化时空模态与环流变异

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