The numerical study of the South China Sea upper circulation characteristics and its dynamic mechanism, in winter

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	The numerical study of the South China Sea upper circulation characteristics and its dynamic mechanism, in winter
	Cai, SQ ; Su, JL ; Gan, ZJ ; Liu, QY
刊名	CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH
	2002
卷号	22 期号:15 页码:2247-2264
关键词	numerical modelling circulation wind stress mesoscale eddies bottom topographic effects South China Sea
ISSN号	0278-4343
中文摘要	A coupled single-layer/two-layer model is used to study the South China Sea (SCS) upper circulation characteristics and its dynamic mechanism, in winter. The conclusions reached by the research are: (i) the effect of the Kuroshio on the upper circulation to the north of Dongsha Islands seems to be important in the northern SCS, there is a cyclonic gyre with three anticyclonic eddies, two of them to the north and southwest of Dongsha Islands respectively, and one in the northwestern Luzon Island; (ii) it is mainly a wind-driven current which exists to the south of Dongsha Islands-the water from alongshore of western Guangdong is driven by the northeast monsoon, then flows southward along the western SCS boundary, thus forming a rather strong western boundary current; and (iii) in the southern SCS, due to the actions of beta effect and bottom topographic effect of the continental shelf to the south of Beikang Shoals, an anticyclonic eddy is formed periodically over the Nansha Trough, which grows and spreads westward, then dissipates in the western boundary, with around a 50-day period. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
学科主题	Oceanography
收录类别	SCI
原文出处	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000178946800010
公开日期	2011-07-03
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.scsio.ac.cn/handle/344004/5505]
专题	南海海洋研究所_热带海洋环境国家重点实验室(LTO)
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cai, SQ,Su, JL,Gan, ZJ,et al. The numerical study of the South China Sea upper circulation characteristics and its dynamic mechanism, in winter[J]. CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH,2002,22(15):2247-2264.
APA	Cai, SQ,Su, JL,Gan, ZJ,&Liu, QY.(2002).The numerical study of the South China Sea upper circulation characteristics and its dynamic mechanism, in winter.CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH,22(15),2247-2264.
MLA	Cai, SQ,et al."The numerical study of the South China Sea upper circulation characteristics and its dynamic mechanism, in winter".CONTINENTAL SHELF RESEARCH 22.15(2002):2247-2264.