Tides and Turbulent Mixing in the North of Taiwan Island

Microstructure and hydrological profiles were collected along two cross-shelf sections from the deep slope to the shallow water in the north of Taiwan Island in the summer of 2006. While the tidal currents on the shelf were dominated by the barotropic tide with the current ellipse stretched across the shelf, significant internal tides were observed on the slope. The depth-mean turbulent kinetic energy(TKE) dissipation rate on the shelf was 10~(-6)W kg-1, corresponding to a diapycnal diffusivity of 10~(-2)m~2s~(-1). The depth-mean TKE dissipation rate on the slope was 1 × 10~(-7)W kg-1, with diapycnal diffusivity of 3.4 × 10~(-4)m~2s~(-1). The shear instability associated with internal tides largely contributed to the TKE dissipation rate on the slope from the surface to 150 m, while the enhanced turbulence on the shelf was dominated by tidal or residual current dissipations caused by friction in the thick bottom boundary layer(BBL). In the BBL, the Ekman currents associated with the northeastward Taiwan Warm Current were identified, showing a near-bottom velocity spiral, which agreed well with the analytical bottom Ekman solution.     

Current Observations of Internal Tides and Parametric Subharmonic Instability in Luzon Strait

Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements of the velocity structure in the thermocline in Luzon Strait are presented. The statistics for current, vertical variation of the inertia-gravity waveband, parametric subharmonic instability (PSI), and current shear are analyzed. It was found that 1) barotropic flow primarily consists of a nearly circular mixed tide. Diurnal tides are strongest and show smooth variance with a fortnightly spring-neap cycle, indicative of the astronomical tide-generating force. However, the semi-diurnal band power exhibits a high-frequency oscillation as a result of non-linear interactions. The high-frequency band power with high values during the spring tide oscillates with the tidal cycle. Near-inertial wave motions showing random variance may be caused by changes in the wind forcing at the sea surface or by random forcing. 2) Baroclinic velocities exhibit strong shear structure. The observed large changes in the amplitude of the baroclinic velocity and the limited vertical extent of the high-velocity cores may be interpreted as internal wave beams that pass through the observed water column. Semi-diurnal tides are dominant in the baroclinic velocity. Kinetic energy spectra also revealed that additional peaks were centred at sum-tidal-inertial interaction frequencies (such as M₂ ?+?f) and difference-interaction frequencies (such as M₂ ???f). The spectral exponent of the baroclinic velocity is ω^?α (1?<?α?<?3). 3) Strong non-linear interactions among internal waves exist, and the semi-diurnal (M₂) component plays a key role in these interactions. Bicoherence analysis showed that M₂/2 waves were non-linearly coupled with the dominant M ₂ internal tide. 4) The polarization relations were used to diagnose observational internal tidal motions. Diurnal waves propagate to the east-northeast, and the semi-diurnal–diurnal waves propagate westward. In the case of diurnal tides, the minor to major axis ratio is different from the expected value of f/ω_{K 1} because of the deviation of inclinations, whereas, for semi-diurnal tides, it is close to the expected value of f/ω _M2 at depths from 30 to 150 m.

RÉSUMÉ?[Traduit par la rédaction] Nous présentons les mesures de la structure des vitesses dans la thermocline faites par profileur de courant à effet Doppler (ADCP) dans le détroit de Luçon. Nous analysons les statistiques sur le courant, la variation verticale de la gamme d'ondes d'inertie-gravité, l'instabilité subharmonique paramétrique (PSI) et le cisaillement du courant. Il ressort que 1) l’écoulement barotrope consiste principalement en une marée mixte presque circulaire. Les marées diurnes sont les plus fortes et présentent une variance régulière dans un cycle vives-eaux mortes-eaux de deux semaines qui révèle la nature astronomique de la force qui produit les marées. Cependant, la puissance de bande semi-diurne affiche une oscillation de haute fréquence causée par des interactions non linéaires. La puissance de bande de haute fréquence avec des valeurs élevées durant les vives-eaux oscille avec le cycle des marées. Les mouvements des ondes quasi inertielles affichant une variance aléatoire peuvent être dus à des variations dans le forçage par le vent à la surface de la mer ou à un forçage aléatoire. 2) Les vitesses baroclines exhibent une structure fortement cisaillée. Les changements marqués observés dans l'amplitude des vitesses baroclines et l'extension verticale limitée des c?urs de vitesse élevée peuvent être interprétés comme des faisceaux d'ondes internes qui traversent la colonne d'eau observée. Les marées semi-diurnes sont dominantes dans les vitesses baroclines. Les spectres d’énergie cinétique ont aussi révélé que des crêtes additionnelles étaient centrées aux fréquences d'interaction cumulative marée-inertie (comme à M₂ ?+?f) et aux fréquences d'interaction différentielle (comme à M₂ ???f). L'exposant spectral de la vitesse barocline est ω^?α (1?<?α?<?3). 3) Il existe de fortes interactions non linéaires entre les ondes internes et la semi-diurne (M₂) joue un rôle clé dans ces interactions. L'analyse de bicohérence a montré que les ondes M₂/2 étaient non-linéairement couplées avec la marée interne dominante M₂ . 4) Nous avons utilisé les relations de polarisation pour diagnostiquer les mouvements de marée internes déduits des observations. Les ondes diurnes se propagent vers l'est-nord-est et les ondes semi-diurnes se propagent vers l'ouest. Dans le cas des marées diurnes, le rapport de l'axe secondaire à l'axe principal diffère de la valeur attendue (f/ω_{K 1} ) à cause de l’écart des inclinaisons alors que pour les marées semi-diurnes, il est proche de la valeur attendue (f/ω _M2 ) à des profondeurs de 30 à 150 m.     

Seasonal along-isobath geostrophic flows on the west Florida shelf with application to Karenia brevis red tide blooms in Florida's Big Bend

TOPEX/Poseidon/Jason1 (T/P/J) sea surface height (SSH) measurements along tracks 91 and 15, crossing the wide West Florida continental shelf (WFS), were used to estimate seasonal across-shelf SSH gradients. SSH gradients and the knowledge that geostrophic flow approximately follows the isobaths enable estimation of the seasonal along-isobath geostrophic flows. The calculated along-isobath geostrophic flows are southeastward from December to March and northwestward in June, August, and September. The along-isobath geostrophic component of the flow is most likely small during the remaining months and, thus, not discernable in T/P/J SSH measurements. In agreement with previous theoretical, modeling, and observational work, the mid-shelf seasonal surface flow appears to be driven largely by the seasonal along-shore wind stress. Theory for flow driven by seasonal heat flux suggests negligible flow near the surface and on the bulk of the shelf away from the shelf break.     

气压变化及其对地壳形变和深井水位的影响

根据北京塔院地区1984和1985年的微气压计记录采用频谱分析和调和分析两种方法得出了大气潮谱的详细结构;用负荷勒甫数代替潮汐勒甫数,仿照固体潮的有关公式,导出了大气潮引起的地壳应变和地倾斜公式;使用北京塔院井的水位观测资料结合当地的气压资料,分析了气压变化对深井水位的影响.理论计算和实测资料的分析结果基本相符,特别是两种结果都得出S_2大气潮引起的体膨胀约为S_2固体潮体膨胀的20％.     

澜沧—耿马地震近场井孔水位短临微动态异常研究

本文对澜沧—耿马大震周围井孔水位记录曲线及数据进行了有关处理和分析,结果认为:①思茅井、景谷井水位微形态有四种类型,其中阶变形态和不规则形态有一定前兆意义;②水位后半日波峰时变化对大震有异常反映,波幅异常意义较小;③大震前近场井水位潮汐波因子有较明显的异常。     

台湾海峡及南海东北部潮汐的解析模式

将摩擦力项取为线性形式，联合考虑了科氏力，摩擦力以及非摩擦非线性效应，给出了等深海峡中源潮波及浅水潮波解析形式的解；探讨了各分潮波振幅的分布变化情况，并将本文的解析模式应用于台湾海峡及南海东北部海域；计算了Ｍ２，Ｓ２，Ｍ４和ＭＳ４４个分潮的理论解。与实际观测比较表明，在台湾海峡内，半日潮和四分日潮解析解与实测符合较好；在南海东北部，半日潮波解析解与实差异较大。作者认为这是由于来自吕宋海峡传入的潮波     

Existence of a deep subtidal stock of drifting Ulva in relation to intertidal algal mat developments

Blooms of drifting green algae often develop in shallow coastal zones that receive significant nutrient inputs. Each spring and summer, some fifty bays and coves in Brittany (France) are affected in this way. Until now, in this region, only the algae present in the surf zone or stranded ashore, constituting an intertidal stock, have been taken into account. Another stock of algae, which was subtidal and of the same species (Ulva spp.), was found in the Bay of Douarnenez, one of the ten areas most affected by these algal blooms. This subtidal Ulva stock was located beyond the surf zone, at depths reaching 15 m. It was about the same size as the intertidal stock, viz., a few thousand tons on average. Subtidal Ulva stocks were generally found lying on the sandy bottom in a distribution showing no particular pattern. Biomass ranged from almost zero to 1.547 kg m⁻² of fresh and spun-dried algae. However, at depths from 3 to 7 m they were often arranged in strips a few dm wide, due to the swell's effect. The bottom conditions of temperature, salinity, irradiance and dissolved inorganic nitrogen measured during spring and summer are suitable for the growth of Ulva in the subtidal zone. Both intertidal and subtidal drifting Ulva stocks are mobile and capable of exchanging material. In spring, the intertidal stock's inoculum is likely to come from the subtidal. Later in the season, the subtidal stock could be supplied, at least partially, by the intertidal.     

海浪区湍流通量的涡度协方差观测

Turbulent eddies play a critical role in oceanic flows. Direct measurements of turbulent eddy fluxes beneath the sea surface were taken to study the direction of flux-carrying eddies as a means of supplementing our understanding of vertical fluxes exchange processes and their relationship to tides. The observations were made at 32 Hz at a water depth of ~1.5 m near the coast of Sanya, China, using an eddy covariance system, which mainly consists of an acoustic doppler velocimeter(ADV) and a fast temperature sensor. The cospectra-fit method-an established semi-empirical model of boundary layer turbulence to the measured turbulent cospectra at frequencies below those of surface gravity waves-was used in the presence of surface gravity waves to quantify the turbulent eddy fluxes(including turbulent heat flux and Reynolds stress). As much as 87% of the total turbulent stress and 88% of the total turbulent heat flux were determined as being at band frequencies below those of surface gravity waves. Both the turbulent heat flux and Reynolds stress showed a daily successive variation;the former peaked during the low tide period and the later peaked during the ebb tide period.Estimation of roll-off wavenumbers, k0, and roll-off wavelengths, λ0(where λ0=2π/k0), which were estimated as the horizontal length scales of the dominant flux-carrying turbulent eddies, indicated that the λ0 of the turbulent heat flux was approximately double that of the Reynolds stress. Wavelet analysis showed that both the turbulent heat flux and the Reynolds stress have a close relationship to the semi-diurnal and diurnal tides, and therefore indicate the energy that is transported from tides to turbulence.     

500hPa环流形势对东海春季赤潮的影响

以春季(4月10日～5月20日)东海赤潮为研究对象,选择2001年～2003年的16个赤潮个例,通过相关分析,归纳出四种利于赤潮发生的典型环流形势准静止北涡南槽型、移动性暖脊型、高温扰动型和东亚中纬度移动性二槽一脊型.并利用其进行了拟合及试预报,拟合正确率59%,2004年试预报正确率62%.     

内波研究的国内外发展现状

海洋内波与海洋水声学、海洋生物学、物理海洋学和军事海洋学等学科有着密切的联系,因而受到各国政府和海洋学家的普遍关注.本文基于近二十年来国外与国内在海洋内波方面的研究成果,首先从各个角度介绍了内潮波与内孤立波方面的国内外发展状况;其次介绍了有关赤道大洋内波方面的研究成果;最后对今后内波研究的发展方向做了展望.