Seawater flux through Taiwan strait |
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Authors: | Fu Zilang Hu Jianyu Yu Guoming |
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Institution: | (1) 361005 Xiamen University, Xiamen, China |
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Abstract: | After the winter and summer current structures on two or three latitudinal sections in Taiwan Strait were obtained from the
measured current data, the seawater fluxs through the sections were calculated. In summer, the currents in the central and
northern part of Taiwan Strait normally flow northward at a net flux of 3.32×106m3/s. In winter, the high temperature and salinity Kuroshio and South China Sea water enter Taiwan Strait from the southem section
at 1.69×106m3/s and 0.59×106 m3/s respectively, while the East China Sea water enters Taiwan Strait from the northern section at 1.02×106m3/s. About 0.40×106 m3/s of the seawater enters the South China Sea along the coast of Fujian and Guangdong; the other 0.62×106 m3/s of the seawater is mixed with the Kuroshio water and the South China Sea water in the northern sea areas. The net northward
flux is 1.74×106m3/s in winter. |
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