Interpretation of Repulsive Bifurcation of the Kuroshio and Gulf Stream with Classification of Their Branches

Distinctive features of the repulsive bifurcation of Kuroshio and Gulf Stream jets, induced from various observations, have been examined by equations of motion of a 1 1/2 -layer model in natural coordinates, although causes of the bifurcation are discussed little. From the conservation of volume flux through paths above a main thermocline, we have derived the equation M _n K _In + M _s K _Is = 0 for northern (n) and southern (s), steady-state curved jets, just downstream of the bifurcation from a straight jet, where M is momentum flux through the path and K _I, positive for cyclonic deflection of the streamline, is the curvature of a certain intermediate streamline in the laminar path. Assuming concentric streamlines in the curved path, which is narrower than 1–0.5 times the radius of curvature of the center streamline of the path, and symmetric momentum flux through a path element of unit width with respect to the center streamline, we found that K _I approximates to the curvature averaged across the path, relative errors being <0.25−(0.25)². Bifurcation starts with a ‘Big Bang’ and the leading turbulent front of a split jet may be unsteady, but the succeeding laminar part can be regarded as stationary or as translating at a constant velocity, as if frozen. Thus, such features are described by the equation. A provisional classification is given of various warm extrusions along branches of both Streams, all of which exemplify the repulsive bifurcation, except for the mainstreams with very narrow (< 30–40 km) branches, possibly due to misapplication of the model. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Feeding Strategy of Japanese Sand Lance Larvae in Relation to Ciliated Protozoa in the Vicinity of a Thermohaline Front

Larval feeding and survival strategies are described on a Japanese sand lance, Ammodytes personatus Girard, collected in the vicinity of a thermohaline front in the Ise Bay, in comparison with those of other predominant larvae, Hexagrammos spp. and Sebastiscus marmoratus (Cuvier). First-feeding A. personatus larvae (3.1–3.9 mm NL) fed primarily on tintinnid ciliates, subsequently switching to copepod nauplii (4.0–7.9 mm NL larvae) and post-naupliar copepods (8.0–11.3 mm NL larvae). First-feeding Hexagrammos spp. larvae (6.5–6.9 mm NL) fed primarily on post-naupliar copepods, and first-feeding S. marmoratus larvae (<4.0 mm NL), mostly on copepod nauplii. The different food preferences of these species at first-feeding were related to their different mouth widths (0.15–0.19, 0.52–0.56 and 0.32–0.40 mm, respectively) and/or body size (3.1–3.9, 6.5–6.9 and 3.2–3.9 mm NL, respectively). Ciliate-feeding by first-feeding A. personatus larvae was strongly related to the convergence of the larvae and their prey near the thermohaline front, densities of both being greater on the inshore side of the frontal zone. In conclusion, the aggregation of ciliates near the thermohaline front may have improved feeding conditions and survival of first-feeding A. personatus larvae.     

Lagrangian flow patterns north of Cape Hatteras using near-surface drifters

Lagrangian flow patterns in the vicinity of Cape Hatteras are examined using the tracks of 42 drifters drogued at 10 m depth and initially deployed over Georges Bank. The drifters predominantly move southwestward over the continental shelf and slope. North of Cape Hatteras, the drifters become entrained in the Gulf Stream and are carried eastward into the central Atlantic Ocean. There are two types of entrainment, abrupt and gradual. The first is characterized by a rapid change in drifter speed and an abrupt shift in drifter direction to the east. During such entrainment events, the radius of curvature of the drifter track is less than 30 km. The second type of entrainment is characterized by a gradual change in drifter direction with little change in speed. The radius of curvature of drifter tracks during such entrainment events is large (typically 50 km). The latter type occurs more frequently in summer and fall, when stratification is stronger. The drifter tracks further reveal that entrainment from the shelfbreak front/slope water system into the Gulf Stream may occur a significant distance north of Cape Hatteras, occasionally as far north as 38 °N, 200 km north of Cape Hatteras. Only two drifter tracks extend along the shelf past Diamond Shoals into the South Atlantic Bight. Four drifters are ejected from the Gulf Stream and recirculate over the slope. The observed time scale of recirculation ranges over 1–3 months. These results suggest that there are a variety of processes that determine the maximum southward penetration of Mid-Atlantic Bight shelf water before entrainment into the Gulf Stream as well as the cross-slope speed of entrainment.     

Deformation Front Development at the Northeast Margin of the Tainan Basin, Tainan–Kaohsiung Area, Taiwan

The geological setting south of the Tsengwen River and the Tsochen Fault is the transitional zone between the Tainan foreland basin and Manila accretionary wedge in Southwestern Taiwan. This transitional zone is characterized by the triangle zone geological model associated with back thrusts that is quite unique compared to the other parts of the Western foreland that are dominated by thrust imbrications. The Hsinhua structure, the Tainan anticline, and the offshore H2 anticline are the first group of major culminations in the westernmost part of the Fold-and-Thrust belt that formed during the Penglay Orogeny. Structures in the the Tainan and Kaohsiung areas provide important features of the initial mountain building stage in Western Taiwan. A deeply buried basal detachment with ramp-flat geometry existed in the constructed geological sections. A typical triangle is found by back thrusting, such as where the Hsinhua Fault cuts upsection of the Upper Pliocene and Pleistocene from a lower detachment along the lower Gutingkeng Formation. The Tainan structure is a southward extension of the Hinhua Fault and has an asymmetric geometry of gentle western and steep eastern limbs. Our studies suggest that the Tainan anticline is similar to the structure formed by the Hsinhua Fault. Both are characterized by back thrusts and rooted into a detachment about 5 km deep. The triangle zone structure stops at H2 anticline offshore Tainan and beyond the west of it, All the structures are replaced by rift tectonic settings developed in the passive continental margin. On the basal detachment, a major ramp interpreted as a tectonic discontinuity was found in this study. Above the northeastern end of the major ramp of basal detachment, the Lungchuan Fault is associated with a triangle system development, while at the southwestern end a thrust wedge is present. It could be deduced that a thrust wedge intrudes northwestward. The area below the major ramp, or equivalent to the trailing edge of the basal detachment, mud diapers often occur in relation to the thickest deposits of the Gutingkeng Formation and caused by the mechanism of detachment folding     

近普里兹湾大陆架外水域水文物理特征

通过１９９０年１２月～１９９１年１月中国＂极地＂号南印度调查资料分析得出如下一些重要结论：（１）８３°Ｅ以西、６４°Ｓ以北海域，南极夏季表层水厚度约２０ｍ，冬季残留水厚度３０～７０ｍ，７０ｍ以下的水层逐渐过渡到南极深层水。南极深层水中心温度最高，为１．８５～２．００℃；８３°Ｅ以东、６４°Ｓ以北海域，０～３０ｍ为南极夏季表层水，５０～１００ｍ层为南极冬季残留水，１００ｍ以下为南极深层水。深层水中心温度普遍降低，最低为１．０４℃，最高为１．４９℃。它表明８３°Ｅ以东区域受陆架水影响更明显。（２）８３°Ｅ以西，６４°Ｓ以南海域，为深水大洋向陆架浅海过渡区域，温度由北向南迅速降低，普里兹湾基本为陆架低温水所盘据；８３°Ｅ以东、６４°Ｓ以南海域主要为西冰架、谢克尔顿冰架低温水，６４°Ｓ附近形成东西方延伸的温、盐锋面。（３）由动力计算知，在８３°Ｅ以西主要为反时针方向环流；８３°～９８°Ｅ中间，６３°Ｓ南北各有一个顺时针环流；９８°Ｅ以东基本为南向流控制。但是，近岸有一顺时针涡旋。（４）８３°Ｅ以西水文锋面主要有夏季表层水锋面；８３°Ｅ以东主要为陆坡区温度锋，是陆架外高温水与陆架低温水之间过渡带。（５）８３°Ｅ是水文     

夏季南黄海潮混合锋的分布

本文根据南黄海风、潮、热通量等实测资料,用stigebrandt的一维模式,对夏季南黄海潮混合锋的位置进行模拟。通过对阳光透射效应和风作用的讨论发现,可以忽略阳光透射对锋的水平位置的影响,而风的作用则是不可忽略的。根据实测锋的剖面结构,文中特别指出,由于浮力平流效应,表层锋水平位置往往与底层锋相距较远,应对二者分别研究。尽管文中的一维模式也不能对受浮力平流影响较大的表层锋准确模拟,但计算结果与实测底层锋符合良好,可见,用此模式来研究底层锋是合适的。     

船舶轴系合理校中计算

用计算方法确定船舶轴系合理校中的“必需”偏差,並论述所采取的措施及其实质。     

高山冰川作用区局地环流和气温分析

本文通过西昆仑山崇侧冰川区的观测资料,揭示了冰川区和非冰雪区风向风速,气温的日变化以及它们在垂直和水平方向的演变。结果表明,这里盛行来自冰川区的风,在冰川区与非冰川区之间风向有明显的切变,并形成一些小的辐合辐散区。而且,冰雪区全天均为绝热稳定区,非冰雪区白天为绝热不稳定状态,夜晚存在逆温现象。水平方向温度差主要发生在冰雪区前缘地带,进而提出了冰川区特有的现象——冰川锋。     

Tidally induced upwelling off Yangtze River estuary and in Zhejiang coastal waters in summer

MASNUM wave-tide-circulation coupled numerical model (MASNUM coupled model, hereinafter) is de-veloped based on the Princeton Ocean Model (POM). Both POM and MASNUM coupled model are ap-plied in the numerical simulation of the upwelling off Yangtze River estuary and in Zhejiang coastal waters in summer. The upwelling mechanisms are analyzed from the viewpoint of tide, and a new mechanism is proposed. The study suggests that the tidally inducing mechanism of the upwelling in-cludes two dynamic aspects: the barotropic and the baroclinic process. On the one hand, the residual currents induced by barotropic tides converge near the seabed, and upwelling is generated to maintain mass conservation. The climbing of the residual currents along the sea bottom slope also contributes to the upwelling. On the other hand, tidal mixing plays a very important role in inducing the upwelling in the baroclinic sea circumstances. Strong tidal mixing leads to conspicuous front in the coastal waters. The considerable horizontal density gradient across the front elicits a secondary circulation clinging to the tidal front, and the upwelling branch appears near the frontal zone. Numerical experiments are de-signed to determine the importance of tide in inducing the upwelling. The results indicate that tide is a key and dominant inducement of the upwelling. Experiments also show that coupling calculation of the four main tidal constituents (M2, S2, K1, and O1), rather than dealing with the single M2 constituent, im-proves the modeling precision of the barotropic tide-induced upwelling.