热带大西洋表层环流及其月变化特征的分析

应用1993年4月至2001年3月的TOPEX/Poseidon卫星高度计遥感资料,分析了8 a平均热带大西洋(15°S～25°N,5°～50°W)表层环流结构的月变化特征.研究结果表明:热带大西洋表层环流中高纬度海区流速较小,赤道附近流速较大,表层环流系统大部分流系月变化不明显,部分流系月际波动较显著.具体来说,西南向的北赤道流下半年的纬向流速分量比上半年大.非洲沿岸流在5～11月流向为东北向,在其他月份主要为东南向.北赤道逆流可以分成两部分:25°W以东海区,北赤道逆流常年流向向东,到9月份前后流速达到最大值(约0.25 cm/s);25°W以西海区,7月至翌年1月流向向东,2～6月北赤道逆流减小,并有西向流产生.2°S～2°N,15°W以东海区的南赤道流在1～3月、9～10月流向向东,其他月份流向向西.南赤道流可认为是由南、北两支西向的海流构成,这两支海流的流轴分别位于6°S和1°N,在6～7月北支流速达到最大值0.6 m/s.南美洲纳塔耳东部西北向的北巴西海流流速月际变化不大,在5～6月份流速达到最大值0.3～0.4 m/s.相应的卫星风场遥感资料的分析表明热带大西洋表层环流结构的月变化特征与风场的分布及变化有较好的对应关系.用World Ocean Atlas 2001的月平均温盐数据反演出来的表层地转流场以及卫星跟踪ARGOS漂流浮标观测进行的对比验证表明,上述遥感分析的地转流场结果与水文数据以及海上观测结果一致.     

用TOPEX/POSEIDON高度计数据分析热带大西洋海面高度距平的低频变化

利用1992年10月~2002年7月的TOPEX/POSEIDON(T/P)卫星高度计月平均格点数据分析了热带大西洋(15°S~25°N,5°~50°W)海面高度距平的低频变化。由热带大西洋大约10 a海面高度距平变化的标准差分析得到:在赤道附近海区(2°~5°N,25°~45°W)、非洲沿岸海区(11°~16°N,16°~18°W)海面高度波动剧烈。对海面高度距平进行经验正交函数(EOF)分析,得到EOF的3个模态分别占有方差比例为51.5%,13.2%和7.9%。第一模态揭示的是热带辐合带(ITCZ)的季节性迁移导致海面高度距平沿着ITCZ平均位置经向倾斜的1 a周期变化,第一模态还显示了太阳辐射的季节差异引起南北两个海盆海面高度的整体升降。第二模态描述了中心分别位于(3°N,40°W)和(7°N,45°W)附近两个涡漩的变化。第三模态表征的是几内亚海湾上升流和赤道北部下降流在6~7月强度达到最大。对EOF时间系数曲线的经验模态分解(EMD),结果表明热带大西洋低频变化包含的成分主要有:0.5,1,2,4和6 a。其中1 a周期是热带大西洋海面高度变化最主要的周期成分,0.5 a周期和2 a周期也是热带大西洋海面高度变化的重要形式;而4 a和6 a周期所占的比例较小。另外EMD方法还分解出1997~1998年太平洋El Nino事件对热带大西洋海面高度的影响。     

热带东印度洋表层环流季节变化特征研究

利用近20年的卫星遥感海面绝对动力高度(Absolute Dynamic Topography,ADT)数据、表层流数据及Argos表面漂流浮标数据等研究了热带东印度洋表层环流的季节变化特征。分析结果显示,热带东印度洋表层环流的变化与季风演替基本同步,赤道以北海域环流季节变化特征甚为显著。与此大尺度环流年循环同步,孟加拉湾湾口环流也相应变化:湾口东部在5~9月为南向流,一直延伸至苏门答腊岛外海,其他月份,从湾口东部至整个苏门答腊岛外海(4°S以北)为北向流;湾口西部经向流的变化大体与东部相反。Argos漂流浮标轨迹进一步揭示了湾内外各季节水交换路径:西南季风期,源自阿拉伯海及印度半岛南部海域的漂流浮标主要通过西南季风漂流由湾口西侧进入湾内,湾内的漂流浮标通过湾口东侧沿着苏门答腊岛进入赤道印度洋;东北季风期,漂流浮标进出湾口的途径大体与西南季风期相反。本研究还表明,季风海流及赤道急流的纬向流速季节变化最大,而经向流速的季节方差最大的则为东印度沿岸流及拉克沙群岛高压(拉克沙群岛低压)。     

南海TOPEX/ POSEIDON 高度计资料的正交响应法潮汐分析

根据Munk等提出的响应法 (ResponseMethod)和Groves等 ( 1 975 )的正交响应方法(OrthogonalizedConvolutionMethod)的思想 ,利用正交潮响应法对 2 4 8个周期超过 6年的南中国海的TOPEX/POSEIDON卫星高度计资料进行潮波分析。在分析中引入全日潮族和半日潮族 ,并利用正交潮函数 (OrthotideFunction)分析出了 3个主要的全日分潮 (K1 、O1 、P1 )和 3个主要半日分潮 (M2 、S2 、N2 ) ,并给出了K1 、O1 、M2 、S2 的等振幅线和同潮时图 ,结果与其他学者的主要结果符合得很好。通过与整个海区 5 3个验潮站的主要全日分潮K1 分潮和主要半日分潮M2 分潮的比较 ,K1 分潮的振幅和迟角的平均绝对误差分别为 4.73cm和 1 1 .6°,而M2 分潮的分别为 1 1 .91cm和 2 8.4°,优于Mazzega( 1 994)的结果。     

用GEOSAT卫星高度计资料估计热带西太平洋赤道纬向地转流

卫星高度计资料在海洋动力学中的应用主要是进行涨平面及海流变化的研究。在物理海洋学中，海流速度的测定是非常重要的，所以用高度资料推算地转流有重要意义。本文用２年多的ＧＥＯＳＡＴ卫星高度计资料，根据地转平衡方程，计算了赤道１６５°Ｅ的纬向地转流速度，并且将推算值与实测资料进行了比较，其相关系数为０．８５，达到了令人满意的。实践证明只要对高度计资料的质量控制、误差订正等处理方法得当，滤波方法及尺度选择合     

引入差比关系法分析西北太平洋TOPEX/POSEIDON卫星高度计测高数据

TOPEX/POSEIDON(T/P)卫星高度计数据信息中存在周期成分混淆问题.对其中的一类混淆引入差比关系方法对混淆的分潮进行分离.卫星轨道交叉点资料包括升轨和降轨资料,资料量比沿轨点资料多1倍,经分析发现:在已有为期6a多的观测资料时间序列中,在沿轨处混淆的分潮如K₁和SSA在交叉点处不再混淆,可以直接分离.因此首先对交叉点资料进行调和分析.然后由交叉点的分析结果得到分潮间的差比关系,处理到相近的沿轨点处,从而得到沿轨点的调和常数.用引入差比关系方法,对西北太平洋海区6a多的T/P卫星高度计资料进行了潮汐分析,并与沿岸及岛屿验潮站资料进行了比较,所得结果较满意.     

利用T/P 卫星高度计资料调和分析南海潮汐信息

利用j,v模型调和分析1992～2002年共10 a的TOPEX/Poseidon(T/P)海面高度距平资料,提取了南海K1,O1,P1,Q1,M2,S2,N2和K2等8个主要分潮的潮汐调和常数。分析比较了卫星上下行轨道的19个交叉点的振幅和迟角,其中M2,S2,K1和O1的平均向量均方根偏差分别是1.5,1.1,2.5和1.4 cm;将交叉点的调和常数与TPXO7.2模式的结果进行了比较,结果表明M2,S2,K1和O1分潮振幅的绝对平均误差均小于3 cm,迟角的最大绝对平均误差为7.8°。选取了与卫星轨道较近的8个验潮站,对验潮站的实测数据调和常数和本文所得调和常数进行了比较,结果显示K1分潮的向量均方根偏差为4.7 cm,M2分潮的向量均方根偏差为3.7 cm。论文结果表明利用j,v模型调和分析方法对南海海域卫星高度计资料进行潮汐信息提取是可靠的,并可为局部重力场的研究提供海洋潮汐改正数据,有一定的参考价值。     

热带西太平洋主要流系的季节变化和年际变化

利用美国国家环境预报中心的太平洋海域１９８０～１９９５年四维同化资料,计算了棉兰老海流和与之有密切联系的北赤道流、北赤道逆流流量的年际变化和季节变化特征。由此得出以下结论：（１）棉兰老海流对北赤道逆流的初始流量贡献较大,是北赤道充的主要水源提供之一,棉兰老海流与黑湖在季节变化中存在反相关系;（２）棉兰老海流在厄尔诺年初期加强,在反厄尔尼诺期间减弱;（３）棉兰老海流的季节变化信号强于年际变化信号。     

TOPEX/POSEIDON高度计浅海潮汐混淆的初步分析

根据对卫星轨道特征和观测结果的分析,对TOPEX/POSEIDON(简称T/P)星载高度计在我国近海的潮致混淆现象进行了初步研究.分析表明,在浅海区T/P高度计的观测结果存在很强的潮致高频混淆.NASA分发的地球物理记录中所提供的潮汐订正值虽适用于大洋,但不能有效地除去浅海潮汐.虽然如此,T/P潮致混淆的主要频段的周期小于90d,因而可以通过滤波方法提取周期较长的海面高度季节信号,从而用于季节环流(如南海季风环流)的研究.采用FFT/IFFT方法滤波试验的结果显示,T/P的海面高度观测结果有很高的精度,滤波处理后的海面高度距平变化和地面潮位观测结果一致性良好,上、下行轨道交叉处相邻测点间的标准偏差在3cm左右,可满足南海环流研究的需要.     

热带大西洋对全球变暖的响应

与太平洋和印度洋不同，全球变暖下热带大西洋变化的研究较少。本文使用地球系统模型CESM（Community Earth System Model），发现全球变暖后热带大西洋在秋季的升温类似大西洋尼诺（Atlantic Niño）的正位相，即大西洋西部增暖幅度小于东部；在夏季类似大西洋尼诺的负位相，即大西洋西部增暖幅度大于东部。利用覆盖（overriding）技术，分离了风应力、风速和CO₂的直接热效应对海洋升温的作用，探讨了大西洋尼诺本身和全球变暖作用下类似大西洋尼诺正位相（下文简称“类大西洋尼诺升温”）的形成机制。结果表明，这两种情况下的形成机制基本相同，风应力的变化是导致大西洋东部暖异常的主要机制。但两者之间也存在区别：1）全球变暖下海表温度的季节变化振幅减小，而大西洋尼诺时变化不大；2）全球变暖下西风异常主要集中在大西洋东部，而大西洋尼诺时主要集中在大西洋中部；3）除风应力外，CO₂的热效应对类尼诺升温的变化也有一定影响。     

Comparison of Kuroshio surface velocities derived from satellite altimeter and drifting buoy data

Sea-surface geostrophic velocities for the Kuroshio region calculated from TOPEX/POSEIDON altimetry data together within situ oceanographic data are compared with surface velocities derived from drifting buoy trajectories. The geostrophic velocities agree well with the observed velocities, suggesting that the Kuroshio surface layer is essentially in geostrophic balance, within measurement error. The comparison is improved a little when the centrifugal acceleration is taken into account. The observed velocities are divided into the temporal mean and fluctuation components, and the partitioning of velocities between these two components is examined. For the Kuroshio region, most of the fluctuation components of the velocities derived from drifting buoys are found to be positive. This result suggests that Eulerian mean velocities for the Kuroshio region estimated from drifting buoy data tend to be larger than actual means, due to the buoy’s tendency to sample preferentially in the high-velocity Kuroshio.     

Calibration of TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason Altimeter Data to Construct a Continuous Record of Mean Sea Level Change

Jason, the successor to the TOPEX/POSEIDON (T/P) mission, has been designed to continue seamlessly the decade-long altimetric sea level record initiated by T/P. Intersatellite calibration has determined the relative bias to an accuracy of 1.6 mm rms. Tide gauge calibration of the T/P record during its original mission shows a drift of -0.1 ± 0.4 mm/year. The tide gauge calibration of 20 months of nominal Jason data indicates a drift of -5.7 ± 1.0 mm/year, which may be attributable to errors in the orbit ephemeris and the Jason Microwave Radiometer. The analysis of T/P and Jason altimeter data over the past decade has resulted in a determination of global mean sea level change of +2.8 ± 0.4 mm/year.     

Mean Dynamic Topography and Geostrophic Surface Currents in the Fram Strait Derived from Geodetic Data

Two mean dynamic topography (MDT) fields are determined in the Fram Strait between Svalbard and Greenland. New airborne gravity anomalies, older data, and two different mean sea surface (MSS) fields are combined using the least squares collocation (LSC) technique. The results are compared to an oceanographic MDT model and two synthetic MDT fields. The same main currents are seen in all fields. Additionally, smaller scale features are revealed in the new MDT fields. Geostrophic surface currents derived from the MDT models are compared to moorings and Lagrangian drifters. The agreement is desultory. The oceanographic data are an inadequate basis of comparison due to data gaps. Nevertheless, it is the only one available.     

Determination of Ocean Wave Period from Altimeter Data Using Wave-Age Concept

This study makes use of the concept of wave age in estimating ocean wave period from space borne altimeter measurements of backscattering coefficient and significant wave height. Introduction of wave age allowed better accounting of the difference between swells and wind waves. Using two years (1998 and 1999) data of TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter and ocean data buoy observations in the Indian Ocean, coefficients were generated for wave period, which were subsequently tested against data for the years 2000 and 2001. The results showed the wave period accuracy to be of the order of 0.6 sec (against 1.3 sec obtained with the semiempirical approach, reported earlier).     

Determination of Ocean Wave Period from Altimeter Data Using Wave-Age Concept

This study makes use of the concept of wave age in estimating ocean wave period from space borne altimeter measurements of backscattering coefficient and significant wave height. Introduction of wave age allowed better accounting of the difference between swells and wind waves. Using two years (1998 and 1999) data of TOPEX/Poseidon altimeter and ocean data buoy observations in the Indian Ocean, coefficients were generated for wave period, which were subsequently tested against data for the years 2000 and 2001. The results showed the wave period accuracy to be of the order of 0.6 sec (against 1.3 sec obtained with the semiempirical approach, reported earlier).     

由卫星高度计数据确定南海长周期分潮及季节环流

应用1993～2002年的Topex／poseidon卫星高度计数据,经沿迹潮汐调和分析方法,提取Sa分潮调和常数。由调和常数内插得到南海及邻近海域分潮波模型。根据潮汐模型计算了各季节平均海面距平并进而计算了平均季节环流,初步分析了海面高变化和季节环流的特征。     

Seasonal variability of turbulent heat fluxes in the tropical Atlantic Ocean based on WHOI flux product

The mean seasonal variability of turbulent heat fluxes in the tropical Atlantic Ocean is examined using the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution(WHOI) flux product.The most turbulent heat fluxes occur during winter seasons in the two hemispheres,whose centers are located at 10°~20°N and 5°～15°S respectively.In climatological ITCZ,the turbulent heat fluxes are the greatest from June to August,and in equatorial cold tongue the turbulent heat fluxes are the greatest from March to May.Seasonal variability of sensible heat flux is smaller than that of latent heat flux and mainly is dominated by the variations of air-sea temperature difference.In the region with larger climatological mean wind speed(air-sea humidity difference),the variations of air-sea humidity difference(wind speed) dominate the variability of latent heat flux.The characteristics of turbulent heat flux yielded from theory analysis and WHOI dataset is consistent in physics which turns out that WHOI's flux data are pretty reliable in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.     

Assimilation of TOPEX/POSEIDON Altimeter Data with a Reduced Gravity Model of the Japan Sea

Sea level data measured by TOPEX/POSEIDON over the Japan Sea from 1993 to 1994 is analyzed by assimilation using an approximate Kalman filter with a 1.5 layer (reduced-gravity) shallow water model. The study aims to extract signals associated with the first baroclinic mode and to determine the extent of its significance. The assimilation dramatically improves the model south of the Polar Front where as much as 20 cm² of the observed sea level variance can be accounted for. In comparison, little variability in the northern cold water region is found consistent with the model dynamics, possibly due to significant differences in stratification.     

Seasonal and interannual variations in the East Sakhalin current revealed by TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data

Seasonal and interannual variations in the East Sakhalin Current (ESC) are investigated using ten-year records of the sea level anomaly (SLA) observed by the TOPEX/POSEIDON (T/P) altimeter. The T/P SLA clearly documents seasonal and interannual variations in the ESC along the east coast of Sakhalin Island, although sea ice masks the region from January to April. Estimates of surface current velocity anomaly derived from T/P SLA are in good agreement with drifting buoy observations. The ESC is strong in winter, with a typical current velocity of 30–40 cm s⁻¹ in December, and almost disappears in summer. Southward flow of the ESC is confined to the shelf and slope region and consists of two velocity cores. These features of the ESC are consistent with short-term observations reported in previous studies. Analysis of the ten-year records of T/P SLA confirms that the structure of the ESC is maintained each winter and the seasonal cycle is repeated every year, although the strength of the ESC shows large interannual variations. Seasonal and interannual variations in the ESC are discussed in relation to wind-driven circulation in the Sea of Okhotsk, using wind stress and wind stress curl fields derived from European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) reanalysis data and a scatterometer-derived wind product. Seasonal and interannual variations of the anticyclonic eddy in the Kuril Basin are also revealed using T/P SLA.