基于美国海军的空间分辨率为0.5°×0.5°月平均的GDEM(Generalized D igital Environmen-talModel)三维温盐资料,采用P-Vector方法,计算了南海西部夏季冷涡及附近海域的三维环流,分析了此冷涡的水平结构和垂向结构及其季...基于美国海军的空间分辨率为0.5°×0.5°月平均的GDEM(Generalized D igital Environmen-talModel)三维温盐资料,采用P-Vector方法,计算了南海西部夏季冷涡及附近海域的三维环流,分析了此冷涡的水平结构和垂向结构及其季节变化规律。结果表明南海西部夏季冷涡所占据的海域为一上升流区,对应的是低温区和气旋式环流,其温度场具有明显的垂向层化结构,冷涡随深度增加而减弱。冷涡中心在上层靠近越南沿岸,在温跃层以下有离岸的趋势。此冷涡具有明显的季节性变化:在5、6月份冷涡开始形成,其范围达到110.75°E,最大切向流速为8 cm/s;在7、8月份冷涡达到强盛,其范围向东扩展至112.50°E,冷涡中心也向东移至(110.50°E,13.25°N),最大切向流速增加为30 cm/s;在9、10月份冷涡开始衰减。展开更多
Absolute geostrophic currents in the North Pacific Ocean were calculated using P-vector method from newly gridded Argo profiling float data collected during 2004-2009. The meridional volume transport of geostrophic cu...Absolute geostrophic currents in the North Pacific Ocean were calculated using P-vector method from newly gridded Argo profiling float data collected during 2004-2009. The meridional volume transport of geostrophic currents differed significantly from the classical Sverdrup balance, with differences of 10×106 -20×106 m3 /s in the interior tropical Northwest Pacific Ocean. Analyses showed that errors of wind stress estimation could not explain all of the differences. The largest differences were found in the areas immediately north and south of the bifurcation latitude of the North Equatorial Current west of the dateline, and in the recirculation area of the Kuroshio and its extension, where nonlinear eddy activities were robust. Comparison of the geostrophic meridional transport and the wind-driven Sverdrup meridional transport in a high-resolution OFES simulation showed that nonlinear effects of the ocean circulation were the most likely reason for the differences. It is therefore suggested that the linear, steady wind-driven dynamics of the Sverdrup theory cannot completely explain the meridional transport of the interior circulation of the tropical Northwest Pacific Ocean.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(973 Program)(No.2012CB956000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.40888001,41176019)supported by KLOCAW1208
文摘Absolute geostrophic currents in the North Pacific Ocean were calculated using P-vector method from newly gridded Argo profiling float data collected during 2004-2009. The meridional volume transport of geostrophic currents differed significantly from the classical Sverdrup balance, with differences of 10×106 -20×106 m3 /s in the interior tropical Northwest Pacific Ocean. Analyses showed that errors of wind stress estimation could not explain all of the differences. The largest differences were found in the areas immediately north and south of the bifurcation latitude of the North Equatorial Current west of the dateline, and in the recirculation area of the Kuroshio and its extension, where nonlinear eddy activities were robust. Comparison of the geostrophic meridional transport and the wind-driven Sverdrup meridional transport in a high-resolution OFES simulation showed that nonlinear effects of the ocean circulation were the most likely reason for the differences. It is therefore suggested that the linear, steady wind-driven dynamics of the Sverdrup theory cannot completely explain the meridional transport of the interior circulation of the tropical Northwest Pacific Ocean.
