Harmonic analysis of tides and tidal currents in South San Francisco Bay,California

Water level observations from tide stations and current observations from current-meter moorings in South San Francisco Bay (South Bay), California have been harmonically analysed. At each tide station, 13 harmonic constituents have been computed by a least-squares regression without inference. Tides in South Bay are typically mixed; there is a phase lag of approximately 1 h and an amplification of 1·5 from north to south for a mean semi-diurnal tide. Because most of the current-meter records are between 14 and 29 days, only the five most important harmonics have been solved for east-west and north-south velocity components. The eccentricity of tidal-current ellipse is generally very small, which indicates that the tidal current in South Bay is strongly bidirectional. The analyses further show that the principal direction and the magnitude of tidal current are well correlated with the basin bathymetry. Patterns of Eulerian residual circulation deduced from the current-meter data show an anticlockwise gyre to the west and a clockwise gyre to the east of the main channel in the summer months due to the prevailing westerly wind. Opposite trends have been observed during winter when the wind was variable.     

天津港主航道连续观测点潮流和余流特征分析

基于天津港主航道连续观测点31 d的实测海流资料,利用调和分析对主航道潮流和余流特征进行研究,同时结合同步风速资料研究风对表层余流的影响。结果表明:(1)航道附近属于弱流海区,表层平均流速为31.4 cm/s,流速总体上由表至底逐渐减小,流速方向大致集中在NW—SE向。(2)观测海域潮流以正规半日往复潮占主导,优势分潮为M₂,浅水分潮较为显著,涨潮流流速大于落潮流流速。(3)观测期间表层平均余流流速为2.8~13.8 cm/s,随着深度增加余流流速逐渐减小,方向大多为NW向。该站表层余流受风的影响显著,东南风将使余流方向偏向西北。     

夏季北黄海南部定点高分辨率实测海流分析

对夏季北黄海南部一定点高分辨率连续ADCP(Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler)海流实测资料,使用调和分析方法分解成3部分:不随时间变化的定常余流,周期性潮流和剩余流,再将潮流分解为正压潮流和斜压潮流。通过对实测海流中各组分的分析,结合同时期卫星反演海面风场资料,温度、盐度断面调查资料,得到以下结论:夏季该站点上层定常余流的主导动力控制因素是风应力,上层表现出明显的Ekman风海流特征,中、下层流速方向与表层流向基本成反向,体现出"上进下出"的垂向空间结构,定常流速最大位于近表层,可以达到5cm/s以上;各层的潮流类型均为正规半日潮流,主要半日潮潮流椭圆长轴的方向基本上呈东南-西北方向,其椭率在近底层达到最大值,中、上层较小;从能量角度分析该站点各海流组分,潮流与剩余流所占能量较大,平均起来看,潮流能量占测量海流能量的77%,而定常余流仅占0.6%,该点的斜压潮流较弱,平均斜压潮流能量仅占正压潮流能量的5%。     

北仑河口潮流和余流特征分析

北仑河口水动力状况复杂,受入海径流、潮汐、波浪、沿岸流、风应力等多种因子的共同影响.对北仑河口S1、S2站长序列的海流剖面资料进行数学统计、潮流调和分析和数字滤波,探讨其潮流特征和余流形成机制.分析结果表明:北仑河口潮流性质主要为不规则全日潮流;观测期间S1站实测涨、落潮最大流速分别为39、83 cm/s,S2站分别为52、44 cm/s.研究海域余流流速从表层往底层逐渐减小,其中S1站余流流速主要介于5～10 cm/s之间,流向集中在S-SW向,S2站主要介于0～5 cm/s之间,表、中层以NNE-ENE向为主,底层以偏W向为主.风应力是调查区表层与近表层余流形成的主导因素;西向沿岸流对调查区的余流也有较明显的作用;径流对调查区的S1站有一定的影响,但对S2站影响很小;潮致余流对调查区的余流贡献较小.     

基于长期定点观测资料的莱州湾人工鱼礁建设区局地水动力特征

为了研究人工鱼礁区基本水动力特征,本文利用人工鱼礁投放区的座底海床基获取半年以上的水动力观测资料,通过谱分析、调和分析、滤波等方法分析了该海区潮汐、潮流特征,并讨论了余流特征。结果表明,该海域属于不规则半日潮,具有显著的全日潮周期和半日潮周期,潮汐性质指数为0.98,平均潮差为0.95m,最大可能潮差为2.25m。潮流为典型的往复潮,潮流主向为NNE-SSW,优势分潮为M2分潮。垂向上,流速大小随深度增加显著降低,海底1m的流速较表层降低约30%,流向向沿鱼礁布设方向偏转。该海域余流较小,欧拉余流与斯托克斯余流大小相当,分别为1.35cm/s,1.41cm/s,均为向岸输运,欧拉余流表层受风影响较大,拉格朗日余流为2.76cm/s,方向SEE。该海域流场垂向结构与人工鱼礁投放后底摩擦增加、鱼礁对近底层水流的阻滞作用有关。底层温度具有显著的季节变化与日变化特征,短期高频变化存在显著的全日周期与半日周期,冬春季由于垂向混合加强,全日信号更为显著。底层浊度的升高主要由大风过程加强垂向混合的引起。     

Modeling the tide and wind-induced circulation in Buzzards Bay

Hydrodynamic model application to Buzzards Bay is performed using a three-dimensional Boundary-fitted Hydrodynamic model in this study. The model is forced with observed tidal harmonic constants along the open boundaries and winds on the surface. The main focus of the present study is to model the detailed wind and tide-induced circulation in Buzzards Bay. The observed surface elevations and currents given in [Butman, B., Signell, R., Shoukimas, P., Beardsley, R.C., 1988. Current Observations in Buzzards Bay, 1982–1986. Open File Report 88-5. United States Geological Survey] and the tide and current harmonics given in [Signell, R.P., 1987. Tide- and Wind-forced Currents in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. Technical Report WH-87-15. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts] are used to validate the model predictions. The calibrated model is then used to study the relative contributions of tidal and wind forcing on the instantaneous and residual circulation in Buzzards Bay. The amplitudes and phases of the principal tidal constituents at 10 tidal stations in Buzzards Bay obtained from a harmonic analysis of a 60-day simulation compare well with the observed data. The predicted amplitude and phase of the M₂ tidal constituent of surface elevations at these stations are, respectively, within 4 cm and 5° of the observed data. The errors in the model-predicted M₂ harmonic principal current speeds are less than 6 cm/s, and the principal current directions and phases are within 14° of the observations. The observed surface elevations and currents given in [Butman, B., Signell, R., Shoukimas, P., Beardsley, R.C., 1988. Current Observations in Buzzards Bay, 1982–1986. Open File Report 88-5. United States Geological Survey] are used to validate the model-predicted low-frequency surface elevations and currents. The model predictions in low-frequency surface elevations at Woods Hole closely follow the trends seen in the observations with a correlation coefficient of 0.735, but fail to capture some of the peak surges seen in the observations. The model-predicted low-frequency currents in the east–west direction at stations in Buzzards Bay compare well with the observations with the correlation coefficient exceeding 0.811 and the model capturing the trends seen in the observations, for the most part. However, the model-predicted north–south velocities does not compare well with the observations. The model-predictions agree with the observations that the tidal currents in Vineyard Sound lagged the currents in Buzzards Bay by more than 3 h. The interaction of wind stress with large bathymetric gradients was shown to cause many vortices in Buzzards Bay, as seen from the model predictions. Model simulations show that the winds play a more dominant role than the tides in the generation of the barotropic residual currents in Buzzards Bay, while the model-predicted tide-induced residual current was seen to be small.     

Transient wind drift currents in a tidal inlet: Theoretical analysis of Ekman drift current and field experiments in Suonada,the Seto Inland Sea

Time-dependent wind drift currents in a basin with finite depth have been solved analytically in order to understand their fundamental behavior in coastal waters. The drift currents due to the land/sea breeze, as a typical example of time-dependent winds, have been examined with attention to the manner of their oscillation in their vertical profiles. The theoretical analysis indicates that the drift current due to the land/sea breeze might be amplified effectively around the southern part of Japan, where the oscillating period of the wind is near to the inertial period. The analysis of the physical process of the drift current reveals the following two important aspects: the Ekman boundary layer in a rotating frame is physically consistent with the Stokes boundary layer due to oscillating currents in an inertial frame, and so the inertial motion due to the wind is dispersed to the deeper level by the vertical viscosity in a rotating frame. The harmonic analysis was performed for the residual data after removal of the four main tidal constituents, M2, S2, K1 and O1, from the raw data observed in Suonada sound, the Seto Inland Sea. The feature of the analytically solved drift currents corresponded well to the observed picture. The vertical viscosity in this field has been estimated at 10⁻³ m²/s by adjusting the harmonically analytical result of the observed data to the vertical profile of the analytically solved drift current.     

基于海床基观测资料的辽东湾东部海流特征研究

基于海床基观测平台,对2010年秋季辽东湾东部海域的海流开展连续观测,并运用谱分析和调和分析方法对该海域的潮流和余流特征进行研究。结果表明:辽东湾东北部潮流属于规则半日潮流;而中东部和东南部两站潮流属于不规则半日潮流。三个站位优势分潮流均为M2分潮,并呈往复流特征;其最大流速介于38~55 cm/s之间,流向为东北-西南,最大流速发生时刻随深度增加而提前。最大可能潮流流速介于91~142 cm/s,流向与岸线走向大致平行。秋季辽东湾东部沿岸余流整体较弱,流向以西南向为主,从北往南三站余流流速分别约为3~5 cm/s,3 cm/s和2~5.5 cm/s。     

广东流沙湾4个测站2个周日潮流观测的准调和分析

采用短期资料的潮流准调和分析方法,对水深为4.4～17.0 m的流沙湾4个测站2个周日潮流观测获得的表、中、底层的潮流资料进行了分析,分别计算了4个测站O1、K1、M2、S2、M4、MS4共6个主要分潮的潮流调和常数,并给出了各观测站位在各层的潮流椭圆要素.计算结果表明：流沙湾主要为日潮流海区,其中湾外为规则日潮流,湾内为不规则日潮流;湾外主要分潮流的北分量一般大于东分量,而湾内主要分潮流的北分量一般小于东分量.观测期间余流的流向主要呈西北向,最大余流流速出现在湾内地形突然收窄处,且在湾内中层余流流速要大于表、底层余流流速.整个海区潮流的可能最大流速表层在57～107 cm/s之间,中层在53～106 cm/s之间,底层在34～98 cm/s之间.流沙湾湾外潮流主要为顺时针的旋转流运动,湾内为带有旋转流的往复流运动.     

Residual Currents Through the Dover Strait Measured by H.F. Radar

Residual (i.e. non-tidal) components of flow in the Dover Straits are determined from measurements recorded by the OSCR H.F. Radar system. The data are divided into 10 monthly sets, obtained from 5 months of dual radar deployments on the English side of the Straits and a corresponding 5 months from the French side. For each of these sets the tidal component was removed by subtracting constituents derived from separate (monthly) harmonic analyses.In each deployment, surface currents were measured at 700 locations at 20-min intervals, providing spatial resolution on a grid as fine as 660 m. This fine spatial resolution reveals distinct patterns of monthly-mean residual circulations never previously recognized. In particular, a residual gyre is shown to be a dominating feature along the French side, with currents exceeding 20 cm s^-1 and a diameter of 20 km. The previous obscurity of this feature may be attributable to the large (> 1·5 m s^-1) and strongly spatially variable tidal currents. In these conditions, tidal advection will rapidly smear any surface signature obtained from satellite observations. Likewise, fine resolution (grid spacings of an order of 1 km) is required to reproduce these gyre dynamics in numerical models.The time-varying residual currents were correlated with wind recordings. Significant correlations were obtained for an 'open-sea' response (as represented by Ekman theory), with the wind-driven surface current veering at angles of up to 45° to the right of the wind direction. This 'open-sea' response is modified close to the coast where the generation of surface gradients force the currents to align with the topography.Larger-scale residual motions were identified from modal analyses. The primary modes, on both sides, involved large-scale flows through the Straits partially correlated with local winds. However for winds aligned approximately north-south, the components of these flows on the English and French sides are in opposition. These modes also revealed large oscillatory motions with periods of between 20 and 40 h.Estimates of net residual flows through the Straits from the radar measurements confirm earlier calculations of the range of variability in this parameter. However the increasing complexity of the flow patterns revealed in this study emphasizes the difficulty in quantifying the long-term net flow.     

Subtidal Flow Patterns in Western Florida Bay

Recent observations using moored current meters, shipboard ADCP transects, salinity mapping and drifters have been used to study the residual circulation including wind drift in western Florida Bay.Rapid, nearly synoptic surveys of salinity over a large area was an effective tracer-mapping technique, when salinity gradients were sufficiently strong, and provided qualitative information on Lagrangian water motion for the entire study area. The salinity maps indicated a general south-eastward advection, which was only subordinate to tidal mixing in a narrow zone adjacent to the Florida Keys.Drifter data collected simultaneously, allowed quantitative estimates to be added to the transport pattern suggested by salinity maps. The selectively deployed drifters yielded estimates of total drift velocities. In addition, moored current meters and shipboard current profiling were used to determine the distribution of flow across the mouth of the bay facing the Gulf of Mexico and the transport through Long Key Channel, a major connection between the bay and the Atlantic Ocean.Analysis showed that from 64 to over 92% of the drifter trajectory variances could be explained by the combination of a local wind drift, expressed in terms of a wind drift factor multiplied by the surface shear velocity, and an ambient current. For a 1 m high drifter deployed at the surface of the water column, the wind drift factor was found to be approximately 0·125m, making the drift speed roughly equal to 0·45% of wind speed. The mean drifter speeds were linearly proportional to mean transport estimates derived from the current meter observations in Long Key Channel, enhancing confidence in both data sets.The total south-eastward directed residual current varied between 100 and 5000 m day⁻¹and was weaker in summer than in winter, when southward winds associated with periodic passage of cold fronts boost the residual flow. The estimated contribution from local wind drift varied between 500 m day⁻¹in summer to 1000 m day⁻¹in winter. The remaining contribution to the observed Lagrangian residual circulation in western Florida Bay is caused by other forcing, including tidal rectification, remote wind forcing and large-scale current systems (the Gulf Stream and Florida Current systems).     

海南新海夏季潮流谱分析和余流研究

根据夏季琼州海峡新海附近15 m处地层潮流谱分析结果可得,无论是f>0 或f<0,全日潮谱峰都高于半日潮谱峰。其中,半日潮周期,约为12 h,12.4 h,日潮存在两个,一个在23.9 h,另一个在25.8 h前后;在半日潮和全日潮分量中,反时针分量是主要的、顺时针的日潮能谱只有反时针的84%;顺时针的半日潮能谱只有反时针的63%;浅水分潮8.3 h,6.2 h和超过24 h的4.2 d,3 d等也很明显,但是未通过显著性检验; 大多数余流流速在5~10 cm/s之间,个别情况超过40 cm/s。受反时针运动涡旋影响,余流主要向偏东北、北、西北方向运动。在这个区间内的流向,占总观测数68%以上;风对余流也有重要影响:东北风将使余流方向偏向西北,偏北向风将使余流方向偏南。     

基于三维调和分离的同安湾口门断面冬季潮流和余流特征的分析

利用同安湾口门断面走航ADCP观测数据,采用基于高斯基函数的Candela空间插值方法,对海流进行空间三维的调和分离,并对分离的各分潮流与余流进行流场的回归检验分析,F(α=0.01)检验显示流场的回归效果显著.观测期间同安湾口门断面平均潮差为5.15 m,最小潮差4.38m,最大潮差5.98 m,断面上涨落潮最大流速分别为92.3、80.3 cm/s,潮流特征分析表明,同安湾口门断面的潮流运动形式为往复流,以半日潮流为主,约占70%潮流信息,潮流流速从海表面向海底递减.余流最大值为12.5 cm/s,空间分布上将同安湾口门断面一分为二形成北进南出的余流进出通道,这与以往余流格局的认识相符.     

山东半岛东北部海洋牧场海域冬季海水流动的时空分布特征

为丰富山东半岛近岸海洋牧场海域水动力环境研究,本文利用2019年12月3日至2020年1月1日在山东半岛东北部4个海洋牧场获取的海流资料,应用功率谱分析、调和分析、余流主轴分析和相关分析,探讨冬季各海洋牧场的潮流、余流特征及其影响机制。结果表明:(1)各海洋牧场潮流由M2分潮潮流主导,受地形边界限制,各主要分潮潮流均为往复流,且潮流椭圆主轴平行岸线。(2)不同海洋牧场呈现不同的余流特征和影响机制。烟台安源海洋牧场余流大致垂直于岸线流向近岸,平均流速约为0.9～1.7cm/s;日平均流以经向流为主,与经向风呈显著正相关,海水受北风强迫在近岸堆积。威海瑜泰海洋牧场余流大致垂直于岸线流向外海,平均流速约为1.4～1.7 cm/s;日平均流亦以经向流为主,与经向风呈显著负相关,表层海水受北风强迫向近岸堆积,在近岸产生下降流,海面以下存在北向的离岸流。威海西港海洋牧场余流为东南向,平均流速约为2.5～3.0 cm/s,日平均流具有较为显著的正压性。荣成楮岛海洋牧场余流为东北向,平均流流速约为5.6～9.9 cm/s,日平均流表明海水沿桑沟湾南岸流出海湾,推测桑沟湾海水在湾内逆时针流动。研究成果利于进一步研究山东半岛邻近海域动力环境的多尺度时空变化特征及其影响机制。     

Numerical modeling of tide and tidal current in the kangjin bay,south sea,Korea

This study is based on a series of numerical modeling experiments to understand the tidal circulation in the Kangjin Bay (KB). The tidal circulation in the KB is mostly controlled by the inflow from two channels, Noryang and Daebang which introduce the open ocean water into the northern part of the KB with relatively strong tidal current, while in the southern part of the KB, shallowest region of the entire study area, weak tidal current prevails. The model prediction of the sea level agrees with observed records at skill scores exceeding 90 % in terms of the four major tidal constituents (M2, S2, K1, O1). However, the skill scores for the tidal current show relatively lower values of 87, 99, 59, 23 for the semi-major axes of the constituents, respectively. The tidal ellipse parameters in the KB are such that the semi-major axes of the ellipse for M2 range from 1.7 to 38.5 cm/s and those for S2 range from 0.5 to 14.4 cm/s. The orientations of the major-axes show parallel with the local isobath. The eccentricity values at various grid points of ellipses for M2 and S2 are very low with 0.2 and 0.06 on the average, respectively illustrating that the tidal current in the KB is strongly recti-linear. The magnitude of the tidal residual current speed in the KB is on the order of a few cm/s and its distribution pattern is very complex. One of the most prominent features is found to be the counter-clockwise eddy recirculation cell at the mouth of the Daebang Channel.     

Dispersal of Benthic Meiofauna by Wave and Current Action in Bogue Sound, North Carolina, USA

Abstract. Results from sediment trap experiments in Bogue Sound, North Carolina, indicate that meiofauna from a wide variety of taxa and benthic habitats are regularly suspended in the subtidal water column. Interstitial species are estimated to account for 10–30 % of the suspended meiofauna. Measurements of suspended nematode concentrations, when compared with wind and current velocity records, suggest that in Bogue Sound, shoaling and breaking waves are more important than tidal currents in controlling meiofauna erosion and deposition. Linear regression analysis indicates that 80% (r = 0.907) of the variation in suspended nematode density is correlated with changes in the mean onshore-offshore component of local wind velocity. Nematode turnover associated with spring and summer coastal wind patterns is estimated to be several hundred animals per m²per day. Once suspended, meiofauna may be carried up to 10 km per day by residual currents in the Sound. Although erosion, transport and deposition of benthic nematodes by wave and current action appears to provide an effective means of dispersal along continental coastlines, the high settling velocity of nematodes suspended in Bogue Sound (on the order of 10^-4m s^-1) suggests that net downward flux in shelf and slope waters probably prevents their dispersal across ocean basins by surface currents.     

基于走航ADCP资料的厦门内湾东西口门海域潮流与潮致余流特征分析

应用厦门内湾东西3个口门断面（五通—下店、嵩屿—鼓浪屿、鼓浪屿—轮渡）一个潮周日走航ADCP资料的空间插值潮、流调和分离结果,分析占主导的M2分潮流与余流沿断面的空间分布特征.分析结果表明受地形约束的3个断面M2分潮流均以往复流为主,断面深槽为主流通道,M2分潮最大可能流速均沿主流深槽向左右岸递减,三断面中以鼓浪屿—轮渡断面最为强劲,平均值为46 cm/s,五通—下店断面次之为43 cm/s,嵩屿—鼓浪屿断面最弱,仅为33 cm/s.该半日潮波进入厦门内湾首先在鼓浪屿—轮渡断面达到最大值,出现时间在月中天后2.1 h,其次为五通—下店断面2.7 h,最后为嵩屿—鼓浪屿断面3.3 h.再者地形变化剧烈的嵩屿—鼓浪屿断面M2分潮非线性运动较强,浅水分潮的幅度增大.潮波的非线性效应又衍生了非周期性的潮致余流,该余流在厦门内湾东西口门有较为稳定的存在,且表现为近岸区流幅大,潮流通道内小,嵩屿—鼓浪屿与鼓浪屿—轮渡断面均值为9 cm/s,五通—下店断面均值为5 cm/s,同时各个断面余流均存在使内湾海水正常更替,沿断面法向一分为二,一进一出的态势.基于本次观测结果计算出一潮周日厦门内湾东西口门余流通量为76.156×10^6m3,净潮通量为69.591×10^6m3,相对偏差小于8.6%.     

The influence of wind waves and tidal currents on sediment resuspension in Middle Chesapeake Bay

Resuspension of bottom sediments by waves and tidal currents was investigated in three characteristic environments of middle Chesapeake Bay (shallow platform, deep platform, and main channel). In the shallow near shore platform wind waves frequently resuspended significant amounts of sediment, some of which was transported offshore. In both the shallow and adjacent deep platform regions, tidal currents were too weak (<20 cm cm/sec) to resuspend bottom sediments. In the main channel, peak current velocities were substantially stronger (40 cm/sec), but were still not competent to erode the bottom. The stability of the bottom in this area is related to the activities of the benthic organisms which are influenced by seasonal anoxia. University of Maryland Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies (CEES) Contribution No. 1572.     

秦皇岛海域海流特征及规模化养殖对其影响的观测研究

秦皇岛海域是辽东湾与渤海中部及渤海湾进行物质和能量交换的重要通道。本文基于海床基观测平台获取的夏秋季海流连续观测资料,运用调和分析和滤波等方法对该海域的海流特征及其对规模化养殖的响应进行了研究。结果表明:秦皇岛海域最显著的潮流是M₂分潮流,其最大流速介于20.0~36.9 cm/s之间,远小于辽东湾东部海域M₂分潮流最大流速;秋季秦皇岛海域余流流速介于0.2~2.5 cm/s之间,整体上较辽东湾东侧海域余流弱,辽东湾底层可能存在逆时针的弱环流系统;夏季秦皇岛海域M₂和K₁分潮流的最大流速均大于秋季;养殖活动对余流影响较大,养殖区中部A7、A8站余流的垂向平均流速比养殖区边缘A6站分别减小76%和18%左右。     

The decomposition and simulation of the longitudinal circulation in a coastal lagoon

Current measurements during a 32-day study period in late spring, 1977, are used to quantify the magnitude and relative importance of tidal and wind-driven motion in the interior of the Indian River lagoon, on the Atlantic coast of Florida. Harmonic analysis of the total longitudinal flow along the axis of the lagoon isolates the tidal component of the current; non-tidal flow is revealed by subtracting the tidal current from the total current, and making corrections for non-linear relationships between the current and both surface wind stress and bottom friction. A one-layer, one-dimensional model is developed to simulate wind drift. A quadratic bottom friction term with a drag coefficient of 15 × 10^?3 gives results which compare most favourably with observations. Results indicate that tidal forcing explains approximately 45% of the total variance at the study site, 25 km from the nearest inlet. Local wind forcing accounts for 44% of the non-tidal flow. The remainder of the variance is attributed to freshwater outflow through the lagoon and non-local forcing.