太平洋东边界波浪输运

通过计算2000年涌浪指标(swell index)的全球分布,发现太平洋东边界赤道附近区域存在涌浪池.利用ECMWF再分析波浪资料,计算出2000年全球月平均波浪体积输运.比较2000年全球月平均波浪体积输运和2000年QUICKSCAT月平均风场,发现在赤道太平洋东边界涌浪池区域内的波浪输运方向和风向存在很大的差别,两者方向相差大约90°.这进一步验证了该地区涌浪池存在的真实性.研究发现,赤道太平洋东边界涌浪主要来源于北太平洋和南太平洋的西风带对应的海区.在涌浪池区域内分别在2.5°S和2.5°N取两条边界(边界起点为125°W,终点为美洲大陆西边界),计算通过这两条边界进入赤道区域涌浪的Stokes体积净输运量.结果表明,不同月份通过南、北两条边界波浪的净输运量与当月南、北太平洋西风带的风浪强度密切相关.同时指出了,涌浪的体积输运将会对大洋环流系统产生潜在的重要影响.     

南海涡致热输送时空变化特征分析

利用11年高分辨率的(OGCM for the Earth Simulator,OFES)模式数据,计算南海涡致热输运(EHT),分析其时空变化特征。并利用卫星高度计数据验证OFES模式模拟南海涡致热输运的可靠性。研究结果表明,南海涡致热输运高值区主要分布在西边界流区,在南海北部和越南东南条带状区域,沿着中尺度涡运动路径,北部条带为向极输运,南部条带为向赤道输运,最大值达到了180MW/m。两高值区中间输运很小,沿着2500m等深线,为涡中心运动路径。南海中部涡致热输运较小。无论暖涡、冷涡,产生的致热输运均为顺时针方向。南海涡致热输运也存在明显的季节和年际变化。越南东南秋季输运最大,春冬季次之,夏季最小;南海北部则是春冬季最大,夏季最小。而在年际上,越南东南在2003、2007、2011年较大,南海北部则在2004、2007、2010年较大。     

印度洋波浪诱导的水体输运效应及其对赤道SST异常的影响

波浪诱导的水体输运会对海洋产生大尺度影响。结合波浪大尺度效应的研究现状和印度洋涌浪分布的事实,利用ECMWF-CERA20的波浪、海表面温度(SST)及风场数据,采用多种统计分析方法,研究了波浪输运与赤道印度洋SST的潜在关系。结果显示:中高纬度波浪输运异常的低频信号在空间、周期上与赤道SST异常均有高度相似性;Stokes漂流纬向、经向异常呈现出南—北、东—西的振荡,其第二模态时间序列与印度洋偶极子(Indian Ocean Dipole,IOD)指数存在强相关性并在La Ni a次年的负IOD事件中达到最高:相关系数在ACC区域纬向异常超前6个月时接近0.6,中纬度区域经向异常在超前3个月时达到0.7。在La Ni a次年的负IOD中,波浪经向输运异常的相位(超前三个月)与赤道SST异常相位呈全年反相位,经向浪致输运异常造成的东—西热量输运差异对赤道SST异常分布有不可忽略的贡献。     

南海西边界流时空特征初探

利用高分辨率的OFES数据,通过对中南半岛和海南岛沿岸比较有代表性的几个断面进行流速剖面分析和体积输送量计算,初步探讨了南海西边界流的时空特征.结果显示南海西边界流的季节变化特征明显:夏季向北流,冬季向南流,且冬季强于夏季.在体积输送大小上,越南沿岸流的体积输送量大小为(7.4±7.0)Sv,紧邻海南岛的沿岸流大小仅为(0.57±0.5)Sv,112.0°E以东的海南沿岸西边界流体积输送大小约为(4.8±1.9)Sv,并且常年向南流动.夏季的南海西边界流在北上到达中南半岛的东南部以后偏离岸线向东流动.随着夏季风的盛行,离岸流的流速变大,主轴发生了明显的摆动,由14.0°N移动到了10.0°N.离岸流对西边界流有着显著的影响作用.     

热带西太平洋潜流模拟:(Ⅱ)潜流结构与输运及其季节变化

通过分析积分30 a的准全球HYCOM(HYbrid Coordinate Occan Model)模式结果,研究了热带西太平洋潜流结构与输运及其季节变化.在年平均状态下,新几内亚沿岸潜流流核位于约175 m、2.8°S附近,最大流速超过45 cm/s,约110 km宽;棉兰老潜流流核位于离岸处,约400～800 m深度、127.5°～128.5°E范围,最大速度超过3 cm/s.在季节时间尺度上,新几内亚沿岸潜流流核位置比较稳定,海流强度与体积输运表现出夏秋季强、冬春季弱的季节变化特征;棉兰老潜流流核位置、流速强度都具有较大的时空变化特征,棉兰老潜流的体积输运约2.5～11.5Sv,其季节变化规律不够明显,2～7月份,体积输运较弱,8～1月份,体积输运较强.     

全球Stokes 漂流的时空分布特征研究

利用海浪模式WWIII(Wave Watch III)2008年的模拟结果对海面Stokes漂流、Stokes输运、Stokes深度以及全球Langmuir数的年平均分布特征和季节平均分布特征分别进行了详细的研究与分析。结果表明,海面Stokes漂流和Stokes输运均呈现高纬度偏大的特征,以南极绕极流海域最为突出。全球大部分海域Stokes漂流影响深度在20 m以内,呈现大洋东部偏大,西部偏小的分布特征。全球大部分海域的混合作用是剪切不稳定性和Langmuir湍效应并存的状态,甚至有些海域是以Langmuir湍效应为主。因此,在进行大尺度的海洋数值模拟时,应该考虑波浪导致的混合效应。     

波浪对海洋上混合层温度变化的影响研究

通过在海洋上混合层温度方程的平流输运项中加入Stokes漂的影响,定量计算了波浪Sokes漂对混合层温度变化的贡献,即Stokes漂对SST变化的影响。结果表明,波浪Stokes漂的平流输运作用对混合层温度变化的贡献与平均流的贡献在量值上处于可比的量级,二者全球平均比值为23.43%,最大比值达到70%。而对于SST变化率的影响也较为显著,加入Stokes漂影响后,SST变化率的最大变化值达到0.989×10-6℃/s,SST变化率的全球平均变化值为0.077 8×10-6℃/s,与SST变化率全球平均量值0.516 2×10-6℃/s相比达到15.07%,是不可忽略的。因此,在对于海洋混合层温度计算过程中,考虑波浪Stokes漂的作用是必要的。     

南太平洋Stokes漂流在厄尔尼诺衰退过程中的降温作用

赤道东太平洋海表面温度的变化在全球气候变化中扮演着重要的角色,波浪是影响海表面温度的重要因素。为了进 一 步 研 究 波 浪 对 全 球 气 候 的 影 响,利 用 ECMWF(European Centrefor Medium-Range WeatherForecasts)发布的波浪参数、海表面温度(SeaSurfaceTemperature,SST)等再分析数据,采用 EOF(EmpiricalOrthogonalFunction)分析和超前滞后相关分析等方法,分析了南太平洋涌浪区Stokes漂流与厄尔尼诺事件的关系。首先选用一种涌浪指标和多个涌浪特征值总结了全球的涌浪特征,得到涌浪在低纬、南半球和大洋东边界更占优的结论,并由此划定南太平洋涌浪区,发现了其连接南大洋和赤道东太平洋的通道作用。进而研究了南太平洋涌浪区Stokes漂流对赤道东太平洋SST的影响,结果显示:在厄尔尼诺事件发生后,该区域的经向 Stokes漂流会产 生强化,波浪诱导的Stokes漂流会将高纬冷水输送到低纬海域,使得低纬海域降温,加速厄尔尼诺事件的衰退,进而影响到全球气候。本文为解释厄尔尼诺的衰退提供了新的思路,也为波浪的大尺度效应研究开辟了新的方向。     

TTO－LEGI区水体积输运估值

依据ＴＴＯ（ＴｒａｎｓｉｅｎｔＴｒａｃｅｒｓｉｎｔｈｅＯｃｅａｎｓ）现场观测资料，对ＴＴＯ－ＬＥＧＩ区水团分布及水体积输运量做了客观分析，使用过方法给出了较合理的、定量的水体积输运量估值．计算表明在ＴＴＯ－ＬＥＧＩ区上水层存在向极地的水体积输运，下水层存在向赤道的水体积输运。     

北部湾环流和沉积物输运的数值模拟

研究环流和沉积物输运对北部湾的环境保护和资源开发十分重要。本文使用区域海洋模型（ROMS）,研究了北部湾海域的季节环流、沉积物输运以及长期的地形演变过程。展示了湾内冬季和夏季都存在逆时针环流,冬季的风生环流比夏季强的特征。悬沙浓度较大值主要分布在琼州海峡、海南岛西侧海域,以及越南沿岸、雷州半岛沿岸等近岸地区。沉积物在琼州海峡附近表现为在冬季由东向西输运,夏季则相反;在琼州海峡西口处,沉积物全年以西向输运为主。结果显示,北部湾内沉积物输运主要由潮流引起的再悬浮控制。侵蚀和淤积的分布模式为：（1）湾内大部分区域侵蚀淤积不明显,（2）琼州海峡两侧口门附近淤积比较明显,（3）琼州海峡内深槽侵蚀严重,（4）海南岛西侧海域存在侵蚀和淤积交替发生区域。     

Influence of Current Width Variation on the Annual Mean Transport of the East Sakhalin Current: A Simple Model

Recent observations suggest that the annual mean southward transport of the East Sakhalin Current (ESC) is significantly larger than the annual mean Sverdrup transport. Motivated by this observational result, transport of a western boundary current has been investigated using a simple numerical model with a western slope. This transport is defined as the instantaneous barotropic transport integrated from the western boundary to the offshore point where the barotropic velocity vanishes. The model, forced by seasonally varying wind stress, exhibits an annual mean of the western boundary current transport that is larger than that of the Sverdrup transport, as observed. The southward transport from October to March in the model nearly equals the instantaneous Sverdrup transport, while the southward transport from April to September decreases slowly. Although the Sverdrup transport in July vanishes, the southward transport in summer nearly maintains the annual mean Sverdrup transport, because the barotropic Rossby wave cannot intrude on the western slope. This summer transport causes the larger annual mean. Although there are some uncertainties in the estimation of the Sverdrup transport in the Sea of Okhotsk, the seasonal variation of the southward transport in the model is qualitatively similar to the observations.     

南海 18°N 断面 上的体积和热盐输运

以2005—2008年4年中南海北部开放航次所获得的水文观测资料为基础,结合卫星高度计遥感资料,采用动力计算方法计算南海18°N断面的经向地转流,并与声学多普勒流速剖面仪(Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers,ADCP)走航观测资料进行对比,进而计算出通过南海18°N断面1000m以浅的各站位以及断面上总的经向地转体积、热、盐输运量。结果表明,2005—2008年南海北部开放航次期间18°N断面上的经向地转流呈相间带状分布,各站位经向地转流流速垂向分布和ADCP观测的大体一致。从卫星高度计获得的海面高度场可知,经向地转流流向的空间变化与海洋中尺度涡旋的活动密切相关。2005—2007年航次期间南海18°N断面上1000m以浅总的经向地转体积、热、盐输运均为南向输运,其3年的平均输运量分别为11.8Sv(1Sv=106m3.s 1)、0.38PW、418.8Gg.s 1;其年际间差别较大,经向地转体积、热、盐输运量均为2005年最大,2006年次之,2007年最小。2008年110°—117°E之间1000m以浅总的海水地转体积、热、盐输运量分别为7.3Sv、0.22PW、259.4Gg.s 1。     

太平洋内部副热带-热带经向翻转环流的季节变化特征

太平洋内部副热带-热带经向翻转环流(subtropical-tropical cell,STC)是连接热带和副热带的海洋通道.由于以往海洋观测资料的匮乏,前人多利用海洋模式数据进行研究,且仅限于沿单一纬度上的STC的分析,较少涉及沿不同纬度的STC的季节变异规律.利用地转海洋学实时观测阵(array for real-...     

Verification of the wind-driven transport in the North Pacific subtropical gyre using gridded wind-stress products

Wind-stress products supplied by satellite scatterometers carried the European Remote-sensing Satellite (ERS) and QuikSCAT (QSCAT), together with numerical weather predictions from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) and the National Centre for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) were used to estimate wind-driven transports of the North Pacific subtropical gyre. At 30°N, we compared the wind-driven transports with geostrophic transports calculated from World Ocean Database 2005. The wind-driven transports for QSCAT and NCEP are in good agreement with the geostrophic transport within reasonable error, except for a regional difference in the eastern part of the section. The difference in the eastern part suggests an anti-cyclonic deviation of the geostrophic transport, resulting from an anti-cyclonic anomalous flow in the surface layer. It is suggested that this anomalous flow is the Eastern Gyral, produced by the thermohaline process associated with the formation of the Eastern Subtropical Mode Water. To investigate the validity of QSCAT and NCEP data, we examined whether or not the Sverdrup transports for these products are consistent with the transport of the western boundary current estimated by past studies. The net southward transport, given by the sum of the Sverdrup transport for QSCAT and NCEP and the thermohaline transport, agrees well with the net northward transport of the western boundary current. From this result, together with the fact that the wind-driven transports for these products are in good agreement with the geostrophic transport, we conclude that the Sverdrup balance can hold in the North Pacific subtropical gyre.     

Spatial and seasonal variability of global ocean diapycnal transport inferred from Argo profiles

The global diapycnal transport in the ocean interior is one of the significant branches to return the deep water back toward near-surface. However, the amount of the diapycnal transport and the seasonal variations are not determined yet. This paper estimates the dissipation rate and the associated diapycnal transports at 500 m, 750 m and 1 000 m depth throughout the global ocean from the wide-spread Argo profiles, using the finescale parameterizations and classic advection-diff usion balance. The net upwelling is ~5.2±0.81 Sv (Sverdrup) which is approximately one fifth in magnitude of the formation of the deep water. The Southern Ocean is the major region with the upward diapycnal transport, while the downwelling emerges mainly in the northern North Atlantic. The upwelling in the Southern Ocean accounts for over 50% of the amount of the global summation. The seasonal cycle is obvious at 500 m and vanishes with depth, indicating the energy source at surface. The enhancement of diapycnal transport occurs at 1000min the Southern Ocean, which is pertinent with the internal wave generation due to the interaction between the robust deep-reaching flows and the rough topography. Our estimates of the diapycnal transport in the ocean interior have implications for the closure of the oceanic energy budget and the understanding of global Meridional Overturning Circulation.     

Seasonal variation of horizontal material transport through the eastern channel of the Tsushima Straits

We conducted hydrographic observations ten times in the Tsushima Strait to reveal seasonal variations of horizontal material transports such as of heat, freshwater, chlorophyll a, and dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and phosphorus (DIP) through the eastern channel of the Tsushima Strait (ECTS). The volume, freshwater, and heat transport results are of nearly the same order as results reported in previous studies. The annual mean DIN and DIP transports of 3.59 kmol/s and 0.29 kmol/s are large relative to those of the Changjiang and the Taiwan Strait and are horizontally transported through the ECTS. Nutrient transports are high in July–August and October and low in April and November. Increased nutrient transports in July–August and October are due to the appearance of a cold saline water mass in the bottom layer of the ECTS. Changes in DIN transports in summer and autumn, which account for two-thirds of the total annual DIN transport, would have a large effect on the nitrogen budget and biological productivity in the Tsushima Warm Current region.     

Volume Transport through the Tsushima Straits Estimated from Sea Level Difference

The relations between the volume transport and the sea level difference across the Tsushima Straits have been investigated using current data provided by ADCP mounted on the ferry Camellia, plying between Hakata and Pusan. Empirical formulas to deduce the volume transports using the sea level differences across the eastern and western channels are proposed, considering the seasonal variation of the vertical current structure. The interannual variation of volume transport through the Tsushima Straits for 37 years from 1965 to 2001 is estimated using the empirical formulas. The total volume transport through the Tsushima Straits, averaged for 37 years, is 2.60 Sv and those of the eastern and western channels are 1.13 Sv and 1.47 Sv, respectively. The total volume transport through the Tsushima Straits tends to decrease with a roughly 15 year variation until 1992, then begins to increase.     

The Luzon Strait transport variations during 1997～2000

Based on the output data from 1997 to 2000 obtained by the MITgcm's (general circulation model) adjoint assimilation method, volume, heat and salt transports through the Luzon Strait are calculated. The results indicate that there are obvious different characteristics between 1997 and 1998～2000 on the transports through the Luzon Strait. During 1997, theLuzon Strait had a mean net westward transport of 3.93×10⁶ m³/s with a maximum transport of 7.34×10⁶ m³/s in October. During 1998～2000, the Luzon Strait possessed an annual mean eastward transport of 0.93×10⁶, 1.80×10⁶ and 1.00×10⁶ m³/s respectively with a maximum eastward transport of 4.10×10⁶/3.31×10⁶ m³/s in July 1998/1999 and 2.06×10⁶ m³/s in April 2000, respectively. Moreover, the transports in 1997 indicated a difference from the other years, i.e.,that the ranges of westward inflows expanded more obviously to north of the Luzon Strait and downwards exceedingthose of the other years. The westward inflows expanded horizontally to the north part of the Luzon Strait until 21°N.     

Study of the Kuroshio/Ryukyu Current system based on satellite-altimeter and <Emphasis Type="Italic">in situ</Emphasis> measurements

Data from satellite altimeters and from a 13-month deployment of in situ instruments are used to determine an empirical relationship between sea-level anomaly difference (SLA) across the Kuroshio in the East China Sea (ECS-Kuroshio) and net transport near 28°N. Applying this relationship to the altimeter data, we obtain a 12-year time series of ECS-Kuroshio transport crossing the C-line (KT). The resulting mean transport is 18.7 ± 0.2 Sv with 1.8 Sv standard deviation. This KT is compared with a similarly-determined time series of net Ryukyu Current transport crossing the O-line near 26°N southeast of Okinawa (RT). Their mean sum (24 Sv) is less than the mean predicted Sverdrup transport. These KT and RT mean-flow estimates form a consistent pattern with historical estimates of other mean flows in the East China Sea/Philippine Basin region. While mean KT is larger than mean RT by a factor of 3.5, the amplitude of the KT annual cycle is only half that of RT. At the 95% confidence level the transports are coherent at periods of about 2 years and 100–200 days, with RT leading KT by about 60 days in each case. At the annual period, the transports are coherent at the 90% confidence level with KT leading RT by 4–5 months. While the bulk of the Kuroshio enters the ECS through the channel between Taiwan and Yonaguni-jima, analysis of satellite altimetry maps, together with the transport time series, indicates that the effect of mesoscale eddies is transmitted to the ECS via the Kerama Gap southwest of Okinawa. Once the effect of these eddies is felt by the ECS-Kuroshio at 28°N, it is advected rapidly to the Tokara Strait.