Introduction to the special issue on the practical salinity scale 1978

This paper outlines the work done at the five laboratories which provided, at the request of the Joint Panel on Oceanographic Tables and Standards (JPOTS), the basic data for the new Practical Salinity Scale 1978, Interlaboratory agreement of a very high order was achieved. The new scale is in process of acceptance by all major oceanographic societies, at which time it will be officially recommended for all future reporting of oceanographic data.     

密度盐标和浮力盐度计

海水所含盐量标志海水浓度,通常以盐度表示,现代“盐度”单位已由专一海洋学领域扩展到盐化工、水产养殖、生态网络调查等学科中,并已产生了重要影响.历史上,盐度的定义和测定方法几经变革[1,2],人们一直在深化自己的认识,探索盐度的实质,笔者在科研实践中认识到:现行国际“实用盐标”及先前“氯度盐标”,应用于保守性质海水样品准确,而应用于非保守性质样品时不准确,其表现特征是两盐度测定值均偏离样品绝对盐度S_A,且无重复性.     

盐度定义狭义性与广义性

通过理论分析和实验验证,论述了“实用盐标”、“氯度盐标”定义的狭义性及应用范围,指出电导法和氯度法测定保守性质样品,数据正确;而测定非保守性质样品,测定值偏离绝对盐度S_a.笔者建议的“密度盐标”属于广义性质,可广泛应用于保守和非保守性质样品.密度盐标具有的优点是:(1)不受样品组成变化影响,只与溶液质量和浮力有关,测定值有高度可靠性与重现性;(2)测定大洋水盐度与现有实用盐度值相同,测定工业水盐度较实用盐度、氯度盐度值更接近绝对盐度S_a;(3)在已知溶质情况下,应用溶液膨胀系数和物质偏摩尔体积校正系数可统一溶质浓度与盐度的换算关系.     

Narrow and broad senses on salinity scale

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海水温盐垂直结构的声反射回波模型及应用

基于等时厚分层假设,建立海水温盐垂直结构的声反射回波计算模型,并对实际海洋层结状态的声反射回波特征进行了详细分析。结果表明:声反射回波幅度变化的位置和海水介质温盐梯度变化不为零的位置一致,回波幅度和梯度变化幅度成正比;而回波的极性反映了梯度变化的趋势。将该模型用于反演试验,能够直接得到海水温、盐垂直结构反演结果,效果较好,克服了以往反演算法中不便于密度和声速分离的缺点。     

利用海洋温度剖面与海表盐度反演盐度剖面方法研究

为解决海洋中大量观测数据只含有温度剖面而缺乏盐度观测的问题, 基于历史观测的温盐剖面资料, 考虑到盐度卫星数据的发展, 采用回归分析方法, 在孟加拉湾建立了盐度与温度、经纬度、表层盐度的关系, 并对不同反演方法的反演结果进行检验评估。结果发现, 在不引入海表盐度(sea surface salinity, SSS)时, 最佳反演模型是温度、温度的二次项与经纬度确定的回归模型, 而SSS的引入则可以进一步优化反演结果。将反演结果与观测结果进行对比, 显示用反演的盐度剖面计算的比容海面高度误差超过2cm, 而引入SSS后的误差低于1.5cm。SSS的引入能够较为真实地反映海洋盐度场的垂直结构和内部变化特征, 既能够捕捉到对上混合层有重要影响的SSS信号, 又能够反映盐度在跃层上的季节内变化以及盐度障碍层的季节变化。水团分析显示, 与气候态相比, 盐度反演结果可以更好地表征海洋上层水团的变化特征。     

Interannual salinity variations in the Tsushima Strait and its relation to the Changjiang discharge

Interannual salinity variations in the Tsushima Strait are investigated on the basis of historical hydrographic data. The EOF analysis revealed that the most dominant mode is the in-phase salinity variation between the eastern and western channels. The time coefficients of the EOF first mode in summer show a negative correlation with the Changjiang discharge, which indicates that salinity in the Tsushima Strait tends to decrease over summer, related to a large discharge of the Changjiang. The eigenvectors of the first mode are larger in the eastern channel than those in the western channel, though the low salinity water mainly flows through the western channel. This is because the low salinity water spreads into the eastern channel as well as the western channel over summers with a large discharge of the Changjiang. The out-of-phase salinity variation between the channels is extracted as the EOF second mode; this is the predominant variation in the western channel. The time coefficients of the second mode in summer show no significant correlations to the volume transports through the western channel and the transport differences between channels. A relationship between the EOF second mode and variations in the wind stress over the East China Sea is suggested.     

大亚湾及其邻近海域夏季温度、盐度的分布特征

利用2018年7月在大亚湾及其邻近海域大潮期间定点准同步连续观测的CTD资料,分析了调查期间研究海域温度和盐度的分布及其日变化特征,并探讨其可能成因.结果表明:大亚湾海域表层温度分布由湾顶向湾外呈现"内高外低"的态势,盐度分布由湾内向湾外逐渐递增,10 m层也大体呈现湾内高温低盐、湾外低温高盐的特点.湾内垂向混合较为均...     

The salinity tolerance of forty-six marine phytoplankton isolates

The acclimated reproduction rates of 46 marine phytoplankton isolates were measured in six salinities ranging from 0 to 45%. Estuarine species tolerated low salinity better than the oceanic species, coastal species being intermediate in their tolerance. The estuarine and oceanic species had salinity tolerances appropriate for their environments, but most of the coastal species tolerated salinity much lower than that from which they were isolated. This characteristic of coastal species may be a relict of selection pressure during the most recent glaciation or the result of gene flow being dependent upon central genetic populations located in bays and estuaries.     

Summer hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico and its prediction from 1978 to 1995

An 18-year monitoring record (1978-1995) of dissolved oxygen within a region having hypoxia (dissolved oxygen less than 2 mgl(-1)) in the bottom layer was examined to describe seasonal and annual trends. The monitoring location was near or within a well-described summer hypoxic zone whose size has been up to 20,000 km(2). The monitoring data were used to hindcast the size of the hypoxic zone for before consistent shelfwide surveys started, and to predict it for 1989, when a complete shelfwide survey was not made. The concentration of total Kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN) in surface waters and concentration of bottom water oxygen were directly related, as anticipated if organic loading from surface to bottom was from in situ processes. The TKN data were used to develop a predictive relationship that suggested there was no substantial hypoxia before the 1970s, which was before nitrate flux from the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico began to rise. The peak frequency in monthly hypoxic events is two to three months after both the spring maximum in discharge and nitrate loading of the Mississippi River. These results support the conclusion that persistent, large-sized summer hypoxia is a recently-developed phenomenon that began in the 1970s or early 1980s.     

Global surface layer salinity change detected by Argo and its implication for hydrological cycle intensification

We investigated changes in the global distribution of surface-layer salinity by comparing 2003–2007 Argo-float data with annual mean climatological surface-layer salinity data for 1960–1989 from the World Ocean Database 2005. The two datasets showed similar patterns, with low values in subpolar and tropical regions and higher values in the subtropics. The recent Argo data indicate that the contrast between low and high salinity has intensified in all areas except the subpolar North Atlantic. The intensified contrast of the surface layer salinity was maintaining for 2003–2007. Using a simple method, we attempted to estimate evaporation and precipitation changes on the basis of surface-layer salinity changes. The results show a high probability that the global hydrological cycle has increased in the past 30 years.     

Long-term variations of temperature and salinity of the Bohai Sea and their influence on its ecosystem

Long-term variations of the sea surface salinity (SSS), air temperature (AT) and sea surface temperature (SST) of the Bohai Sea during 1960–1997 were analyzed. They all showed positive trends. The trends of the annual mean SSS, AT and SST of the Bohai Sea were, respectively, 0.074 y⁻¹, 0.024°C y⁻¹ and 0.011°C y⁻¹. The increases of AT and SST were consistent with, the recent warming in northern China, in the Huanghai Sea (Yellow Sea) and in the East China Sea. The rise of SSS can be attributed to the rapid reduction of the total river discharge into the Bohai Sea, as well as to the increase inflow of high salinity water from the Huanghai Sea. It may also be attributed to increasing human use of river water and increases in evaporation from the sea surface. These changes in the marine environment seemed to have important influence on the Bohai Sea ecosystem.     

东海黑潮表层盐度分布特征及其影响因素

利用美国国家海洋大气管理局2007年发布的全球海域温、盐数据库资料,美国地球物理数据中心2006年发布的海底地形数据库资料以及日本海洋科学与技术机构2003年发布的1997—2002年东海地区月平均降水量资料,研究东海黑潮表层盐度的月季分布特征,并分析其影响因素。结果表明,东海黑潮表层盐度存在明显的月季变化特征。总体而言,12月至次年3月表层盐度高,6—9月表层盐度低,4、5月和10、11月为过渡阶段;表层盐度高值分布在东海黑潮主段靠近东边界一侧;6—9月入口段的表层盐度高于出口段的表层盐度,其他月份入口段的表层盐度低于出口段的表层盐度。东海黑潮表层盐度主要受表层温度、降水、径流的影响。冬、春、秋季的表层盐度分布在黑潮主段靠近陆架一侧区域受表层温度影响大;降水对东海黑潮表层盐度产生局部小范围的影响,时间主要集中在1月和6—8月份,区域分布在低纬25°N以南和30°N附近。长江冲淡水夏季对东海黑潮表层盐度的影响大于其他季节对东海黑潮表层盐度的影响,7月长江径流量达到最大值时,对应的黑潮扇形区的盐度最低。     

南海北部次表层盐度的变化及其与北赤道流分叉点的关系

吕宋海峡是南海与外界水交换的重要通道,黑潮作为北太平洋最强的1支西边界流,在经过吕宋海峡时会对南海北部的环流和环境产生重要影响。本文用1991—2011年期间CTD断面实测资料和高度计资料,提取23.0~25.5 kg/m³等密度面之间的盐度极大值,研究了南海北部不同年月盐度极大值变化、黑潮入侵方式与强弱,以及盐度极大值变化与北赤道流分叉点南北移动的关系,结果表明:(1)黑潮入侵南海方式多样,既有分支形式,也有弯曲、流套形式。(2)不同年月间,黑潮入侵南海的强弱存在较大差别,120°E断面的次表层盐度极大值的变动可超过0.3。(3)北赤道流分叉点位置的南北变动对黑潮入侵南海的强弱具有重要影响:北赤道流分叉点位置偏北,黑潮入侵南海较强;北赤道流分叉点位置偏南,则黑潮入侵相对较弱。     

南海北部次表层高盐水的季节变化及其与西北太平洋环流的关系

次表层高盐水(34.68‰)作为北太平洋热带水(NPTW)的示踪,可用来研究黑潮入侵,了解南海与太平洋的水体交换。文章利用基于高分辨率混合坐标海洋模式(HYCOM)的海洋再分析资料,研究了南海北部次表层高盐水的季节变化及其影响因子。模拟结果显示,南海北部高盐水位于100~200m水深,最西可达111°E,其体积存在明显的季节变化,12月达到极大值,6月达到极小值。进一步的分析表明,其季节变化主要受低纬度西北太平洋大尺度环流的调制,与北赤道流分叉点位置的季节变化(1月到达最北端、6月到达最南端)呈现很好的相关性。受太平洋大尺度风场的影响,北赤道流分叉点上半年(下半年)向南(北)移动,导致黑潮输运增强(减弱),通过吕宋海峡进入南海的盐通量减少(增加),从而使南海次表层高盐水的盐度降低(升高)。吕宋海峡断面的流速和盐通量分布特征显示,西太平洋高盐水主要通过吕宋海峡中部(20°~21°18'N)进入南海北部。     

大亚湾及其邻近海域冬季温度、盐度的分布及日变化特征

根据2018年1月冬季航次的水文实测资料,详细分析了大亚湾海水温度(T)、盐度(S)的分布特征。整体而言,观测海区海表相对于海底具有高温低盐的特征;同时,无论是表层还是近底层,大亚湾湾内的海水相对于湾外都呈现高温低盐的特征。观测期间,应是受到大亚湾核电站温排水的影响,湾内西侧存在一个高温中心。盐度的差异在近底层更加明显,低盐中心位于大亚湾的湾顶和大亚湾的中部海域,而高盐中心则主要分布于湾口西侧及惠东以东附近海域。太阳辐射和潮流变化是影响大亚湾温度、盐度变化的两大重要因素。其中,太阳辐射的影响主要局限于表层3~4 m,对近底层海水的影响较小;其加热效应使湾内和湾口附近的表层海水都表现出明显的昼夜变化。由潮汐和温度、盐度的对应关系可知,潮流对湾内温度、盐度的影响较大,而对湾外温度、盐度的影响较小。     

The internannual temperature and salinity variations in the eastern tropical Atlantic

The internnual variations of the parameters of the temperature and salinity seasonal variability in the ocean active layer are described based on the oceanographic measurements carried out during 1963–1975. Some peculiarities of the seasonal evolution of theT, S indices in the anomalous years have been revealed.Translated by Mikhail M. Trufanov.