Modelling the tides and their impacts on the vertical stratification over the Sofala Bank,Mozambique

The Sofala Bank, a wide shelf located along the central coast of Mozambique, hosts tides with high amplitudes. The Regional Ocean Modelling System (ROMS) was used to analyse the tidal currents on the bank and to investigate their effects on the stratification and generation of tidal fronts. During spring tides, barotropic tidal currents with maximum values ranging from 40 cm s^–1 to 70 cm s^–1 are found on the central bank. The major axis of the tidal ellipses for M₂ and S₂ follow a cross-shelf direction with mainly anticlockwise rotation. Similar to observations, three distinct regimes occur: (i) a warm well-mixed region on the inner shelf where the depths are <30 m; (ii) a wellmixed colder region above the shelf edge; and (iii) a stratified region offshore. The model shows that the tides lead to cooling where two criteria are satisfied: the Simpson and Hunter parameter log₁₀(h/U³) <3.2 and the depth h >30 m. The shelf edge of the bank is important for internal tide generation. Two frontal structures result, one offshore between cooler mixed waters and warmer stratified waters and the other in shallow inshore waters, between cooler mixed waters and solar heated mixed waters.     

东海黑潮上下游不同的涡动能季节变化特征及其产生机制

用一种新的泛函工具——多尺度子空间变换(multiscale window transform,MWT),得到如实的东海涡动能分布,发现东海黑潮上下游区域的涡动能有着完全不同的季节变化特征.根据功率谱分析,东海黑潮流系可正交地重构到背景流尺度子空间(大于64 d)与涡旋尺度子空间(小于64 d),并用MWT得出相应子空...     

日本南部黑潮路径发生弯曲的最优前期征兆及其发展机制

基于正压出入流模式, 利用条件非线性最优扰动(CNOP)方法研究初始异常的位置与模态对日本南部黑潮路径变异的影响。以模式模拟出的黑潮平直路径的平衡态作为参考态, 计算CNOP, 考察该扰动随时间的发展, 并与随机扰动的发展进行对比。结果表明, CNOP 能够导致黑潮弯曲路径发生, 随机扰动则不能。因此, CNOP 可以作为导致日本南部黑潮路径发生弯曲的一种最优前期征兆。通过分析CNOP 和随机扰动的发展过程, 可以得出: (1) CNOP 使黑潮发展成弯曲路径的过程是一个气旋涡向下游传播并增长的过程。(2) 气旋涡的向东传播都是非线性项的作用, 也就是涡度平流造成的。(3) CNOP和随机扰动发展过程中所产生的气旋涡均会传播到下游区域, 但是CNOP 产生的气旋涡能够增强, 最终导致弯曲路径发生, 而随机扰动产生的气旋涡则会减弱, 并不能导致弯曲路径发生。分析发现, 在CNOP 实验中, 非线性作用使气旋涡增大; 但在随机扰动实验中, 非线性作用使气旋涡减弱, 所以非线性作用对日本南部黑潮路径发生弯曲有重要影响。(4) 底摩擦效应对日本南部黑潮路径变异影响较小。本文揭示的黑潮路径发生弯曲的最优前期征兆及其非线性发展机制, 对提高黑潮路径变异的预报技巧具有重要意义。     

Vertical structure of the tidal currents on the continental shelf of the East China Sea

The available data on tidal currents spanning periods greater than six months for the continental shelf of the East China Sea (26°30.052′N, 122°35.998′E) were analyzed using several methods. Tidal Current Harmonic Analysis results demonstrated that semi-diurnal tides dominated the current movement. The tidal currents of the principal diurnal and semidiurnal rotated clockwise with depth, with the deflection of the major semi-axes to the right in the upper layer and to the left in the lower layer. The vertical structures of two principal semi-diurnal constituents-M2 and S2-were similar, which indicates that the tidal currents are mainly barotropic in this area. The main features of the variation of the four principal tidal constituents with depth demonstrate that the currents in this region are influenced by the upper and lower boundary layers. Therefore, the tidal constituents of the shallow water are similar. Different vertical modes were calculated based on the Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis of the Eastern and Northern components of the tidal currents, with a variance contribution for the zero-order model of at least 90%. The variance contribution of the baroclinic model is minimal, which further reveals a strong barotropic character for the tidal currents of this region.     

西风带阻塞高压形成及崩溃动力机制的Euler-Lagrange理论解释

本文主要采用Euler-Lagrange理论,讨论正压剪切流的切变参数对阻塞高压形成的影响。研究表明:存在一个临界参数,当切变参数的绝对值超过这个临界参数,正压剪切流将分歧出阻塞流型,这意味着阻塞高压的形成;反之,当切变参数的绝对值小于这个临界参数,阻塞流型将恢复到剪切流,这意味着阻塞高压的崩溃。该研究一定程度回答了阻塞流型"怎么形成"和"怎么崩溃"这一基本而关键的问题。     

黑潮延伸体时变正压动力过程和动能串级研究

本文基于坐底式逆向回声仪(current and pressure recording inverted echo sounder, CPIES)实测海底压强和海底流速数据对黑潮延伸体时变正压动力过程和动能串级进行研究。先对CPIES数据进行去噪、网格化、调平等预处理,获得黑潮延伸体正压动力高度网格和海底流速网格,后进一步计算得到正压动力高度分布图、正压涡动能分布图以及正压动能通量谱。结果表明:1)在无外力作用时,正压动力高度起伏会使海水从动力高的地方向低的地方流入从而产生较高的涡动能,而一旦有外力强迫,海水有从动力高度低的地方向高的地方流入的可能,从而使得正压动力高度不断增加涡动能增强;2)通过分析9个月长时间平均正压动能通量谱,验证了地转湍流理论中的正压反向动能串级; 3)对黑潮延伸体月平均正压动能通量作谱分析发现,涡动能的大小会影响动能通量幅值变化,当涡动能升高,动能通量谱振幅变大,正向/反向动能串级增强,反之亦然。此外,正压动能串级随着时间变化,表现为2004年6月至8月反向动能串级尺度向小尺度移动并且强度增强; 2004年9月反向动能串级突然减弱,2004年9月至11月出现了...