Formation and decay of the spring warm pool in the South China Sea

CORC > 南海海洋研究所 > 中国科学院南海海洋研究所 > 热带海洋环境国家重点实验室(LTO)

	Formation and decay of the spring warm pool in the South China Sea
	Wang, WQ ; Wang, CZ
刊名	GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
	2006
卷号	33 期号:2 页码:-
ISSN号	0094-8276
通讯作者	weiqiang.wang@noaa.gov ; chunzai.wang@noaa.gov
中文摘要	[1] As part of the southeast Asian monsoon system, the South China Sea (SCS) is characterized by monsoon wind transition from northeasterly to southwesterly in the boreal spring. Correspondingly, a spring warm pool (SWP) with mixed layer temperature warmer than 29 degrees C is formed and peaked in May over the central SCS and then decays in June. Calculations of the heat budget showed that the surface heat flux and ocean dynamics have different roles in the formation and decay of the SWP. The surface heat flux is found to play a dominant role for the formation of the SWP in May. The onset of the southwest monsoon corresponds to an increase in cloudiness and rainfall and a strong wind speed in the SCS that decrease the surface heat flux in June. Moreover, the onset of the southwest monsoon also changes oceanic circulation pattern that advects cold water from the northwest to the southeast and pumps cold water into the upper mixed layer. These cooling effects overcome the warming effect of the surface heat flux, resulting in the decay of the SWP in June.
学科主题	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
收录类别	SCI
原文出处	AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
WOS记录号	WOS:000235156300006
公开日期	2011-07-03
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.scsio.ac.cn/handle/344004/5823]
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	Wang, WQ,Wang, CZ. Formation and decay of the spring warm pool in the South China Sea[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2006,33(2):-.
APA	Wang, WQ,&Wang, CZ.(2006).Formation and decay of the spring warm pool in the South China Sea.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,33(2),-.
MLA	Wang, WQ,et al."Formation and decay of the spring warm pool in the South China Sea".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 33.2(2006):-.