Characteristics of Light Transmission in Summer and Winter and Its Relation on Sediment Transport in the East China Sea

Light transmission data collected from June to July 1987 and from February to March 1997 by the R/V Kexue 1 in the East China Sea were used to analyze its distribution characteristics and its relation to the sediment transport in this sea. Some results obtained were: (1) The Taiwan Warm Current flowing northwards seemed to be a barrier preventing suspended matter discharged from the Changjiang River Estuary from continuously moving southeastward and causing the suspended matter to flow along a path near 123°30′E in summer and 123°00′E in winter. (2) Suspended matter in the area adjacent to the Changjiang River Estuary could not be transported southward along the coast in summer due to opposing offshore currents including the Taiwan Warm Current flowing northward and the Changjiang Diluted Water turning northeastward. (3) The thermocline and temperature front bar suspended matter from crossing through.     

Statistic characteristics of thermal structure in the southern Yellow Sea in summer

Based on the temperature data along 34°N, 35°N and 36°N sections in August from 1977 to 2003, the structure and formation of the Southern Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass (SYSCWM) and its responses to El Nino events are analyzed. Results show that: (1) There exist double cold cores under the main thermocline along the 35°N and 36°N sections. Also, double warm cores exist above the main thermocline along the 36°N section. (2) Thermocline dome by upwelling separates the upper warm water into two parts, the eastern and western warm waters. Additionally, the circulation structure caused by upwelling along the cold front and northeastward current along the coast in summer is the main reasons of double warm cores along the 36°N section. The intermediate cold water is formed in early spring and moves eastward slowly, which results in the formation of the western one of double cold cores. (3) Position of the thermocline dome and its intensity vary interannually, which is related to El Nino events. However, the     

萨马岛以东海域的一个次表层暖涡

通过对1988年和1989年由中国科学院海洋研究所“科学一号”船在菲律宾以东海域获得的CTD调查资料的分析,发现在萨马(Samar)岛以东海域200m层下存在着一个东西跨度约为3个经度、南北跨度约为3个纬度的次表层暖涡,本文简称为Samar暖涡。这个暖流的强度、位置及其所潜在的深度范围均有明显的年际变化。这些变化与棉兰老潜流的变化是一致的。当棉兰老潜流强时,Samar暖涡也强;反之它也弱。由此可以看出,棉兰老潜流和Samar暖涡两者之间存在着密切的关系。     

Ventilation of the North Pacific Ocean: Water exchange between subtropical and tropical gyres

INTRODUCTIONIntheearly 1 980 s,ventilationtheoryemergedtopredictthehorizontalandverticalstructureofthethermocline.Thereweretwodifferentviewsonthestratifiedoceans.Thefirsttheory (RhinesandYoung,1 982 ,hereafterRY ;YoungandRhines,1 982 )proposedanunventilatedmodelinwhichonlytheuppermostlayerisexposedtothesurfaceandisforcedbythewindstress.Thesecondtheory (Luytenetal.,1 983 ,hereafterLPS)offeredaventilatedmodelwhichisclosertotheclassicalthermoclinetheoriesthanthatofthefirstone (e.g .,Nee…     

台湾暖流水和长江冲淡水在32°N断面和PN断面上的分布及其变化

<正>台湾暖流和长江冲淡水是东海西部环流的两个关键分量。台湾暖流起源于台湾海峡和黑潮,通常沿福建和浙江海岸向北流动(翁学传等,1984a;Su et al.,1987;Guan,1994)。与已形成于长江口外的长江冲淡水为特征的沿岸水相遇后,台湾暖流转向东北,甚至转向东(Hu,1994)。冬季,长江冲淡水在一个非常窄的范围内沿海岸线向南流动,但在江河径流     

Temporal variations of hydrology and light transmission at two fixed observation stations in the East China Sea

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东海泥质和砂质沉积区悬浮物垂向分布的季节变化特征

9404,9410 ,9702及98074个航次对东海泥质和砂质沉积区总悬浮颗粒物的季节调查显示由于冷涡区海水的底层幅聚作用使得位于冷涡中心的111站悬浮物含量高且集中在底层 ;111站海水中悬浮物含量冬、春季高 ,夏、秋季低 ,而410站则是春、夏高 ,秋、冬低。东海悬浮物的垂向分布可归纳为4类 :上低下高型 ,上高中低下高型 ,上低中高下低型及均匀型     

Current observations in the southern Yellow Sea in summer

Current data from three moored Acoustic Doppler Profilers (ADPs) deployed in the southern Yellow Sea at sites A (1-24.17°E, 34.82°N), B (122.82°E, 35.65°N) in summer 2001 and site C (120.85°E, 34.99°N) in summer 2003 were analyzed in this paper. Features of the tidal and residual currents were studied with rotary spectral and cross-spectral methods. Main achievements were as follows: 1) Tides dominated the currents. At sites A and B, the semidiurnal tidal current was basically homogeneous in the whole depth, taking a clockwise rotation at site A, and near-rectilinear counterclockwise rotation at site B; while the diurnal tidal current was strong and clockwise near the surface, but decreased and turned counterclockwise with depth; at site C, semidiurnal tidal current dominated and diurnal current took the second, both of which were counterclockwise and vertically homogeneous. Inertial motion contributed to the clockwise component of diurnal fluctuations; 2) The 3-5d fluctuation of residual current w     

Surface circulation patterns observed by drifters in the Yellow Sea in summer of 2001, 2002 and 2003

In summer of 2001, 2002 and 2003, ten, six and seventeen satellite-tracked surface drifters with drogues centered at 15 and 4 m were deployed, respectively, in the southern Yellow Sea (YS). 23 drifters of them transmitted useful data of at least 30 days. The wind-driven component of the drift was removed from the original drift velocity of drifters. The wind data used are from NCEP (National Center for Environmental Prediction), USA.Trajectories and drift velocities of the 23 drifters depicted the upper circulation structure in the southern YS. There exists an anti-cyclonic eddy with a mean speed and radius of 0.063 m/s and 50km in the central southern YS, whose center lingered within 35.3-36.0°N / 123.5-124.0°E. Showed by 6 drifters, a basin-scale elliptic cyclonic gyre with a mean speed of 0.114 m/s, long and short radius of 250 and 200 km surrounds the anti-cyclonic eddy. In the southwestern part of the southern YS has obvious frontal eddy activities within about 100 km with a mean speed about 0.076     

东海透光度分布的夏季特征及其与陆架悬浮体运移的关系

利用1987年夏季 (6～7月 )中国科学院海洋研究所“科学1号”船在东海考察的透光度资料 ,分析了透光度在东海的分布特征以及与东海陆架悬浮体运移的关系 ,结果表明 :(1)沿123 30′E北上的台湾暖流宛如一道屏障 ,将长江的悬浮物质阻挡在123 30′E以西 ;(2)长江口门北面的悬浮物质由于受到长江冲淡水转向和北上的台湾暖流的共同作用 ,难以继续贴岸南下 ;(3)台湾暖流和黄海暖流很可能是黄海沿岸流携带的悬浮物质不能继续向深海输运的主要原因 ,两支流似乎也起到了屏障作用 ,将悬浮物质阻挡在126 30′E以西和30 30′N以北 ;(4)温跃层的存在是底层高悬浮体含量的海水难以到达表层的主要原因