Wave energy resources are abundant in both offshore and nearshore areas of the China＇s seas. A reliable assessment of the wave energy resources must be performed before they can be exploited. First, for a water depth...Wave energy resources are abundant in both offshore and nearshore areas of the China＇s seas. A reliable assessment of the wave energy resources must be performed before they can be exploited. First, for a water depth in offshore waters of China, a parameterized wave power density model that considers the effects of the water depth is introduced to improve the calculating accuracy of the wave power density. Second, wave heights and wind speeds on the surface of the China＇s seas are retrieved from an AVISO multi-satellite altim-eter data set for the period from 2009 to 2013. Three mean wave period inversion models are developed and used to calculate the wave energy period. Third, a practical application value for developing the wave energy is analyzed based on buoy data. Finally, the wave power density is then calculated using the wave field data. Using the distribution of wave power density, the energy level frequency, the time variability indexes, the to-tal wave energy and the distribution of total wave energy density according to a wave state, the offshore wave energy in the China＇s seas is assessed. The results show that the areas of abundant and stable wave energy are primarily located in the north-central part of the South China Sea, the Luzon Strait, southeast of Taiwan in the China＇s seas; the wave power density values in these areas are approximately 14.0–18.5 kW/m. The wave energy in the China’s seas presents obvious seasonal variations and optimal seasons for a wave energy utilization are in winter and autumn. Except for very coastal waters, in other sea areas in the China＇s seas, the energy is primarily from the wave state with 0.5 m≤Hs≤4 m, 4 s≤Te≤10 s whereHs is a significant wave height andTe is an energy period; within this wave state, the wave energy accounts for 80% above of the total wave energy. This characteristic is advantageous to designing wave energy convertors （WECs）. The practical application value of the wave energy is higher which can be as an effective supplement for an energy con-sumption in some areas. The above results are consistent with the wave model which indicates fully that this new microwave remote sensing method altimeter is effective and feasible for the wave energy assessment.展开更多
Some important tidal features of 8 major tidal constituents ( M 2, S 2, K 1, O 1, P 1, Sa, N 2 and K 2 ) in the China Seas and their adjacent sea areas were obtained using six years’ TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data. Th...Some important tidal features of 8 major tidal constituents ( M 2, S 2, K 1, O 1, P 1, Sa, N 2 and K 2 ) in the China Seas and their adjacent sea areas were obtained using six years’ TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data. The results showed that the obtained co tidal and co range charts for these major tidal constituents agreed well with those of previous researches using observational data from coastal tidal gauge stations and numerical models.展开更多
Wave energy resource is a very important ocean renewable energy. A reliable assessment of wave energy resources must be performed before they can be exploited. Compared with wave model, altimeter can provide more accu...Wave energy resource is a very important ocean renewable energy. A reliable assessment of wave energy resources must be performed before they can be exploited. Compared with wave model, altimeter can provide more accurate in situ observations for ocean wave which can be as a novel method for wave energy assessment.The advantage of altimeter data is to provide accurate significant wave height observations for wave. In order to develop characteristic and advantage of altimeter data and apply altimeter data to wave energy assessment, in this study, we established an assessing method for wave energy in local sea area which is dedicated to altimeter data.This method includes three parts including data selection and processing, establishment of evaluation indexes system and criterion of regional division. Then a case study of Northwest Pacific was performed to discuss specific application for this method. The results show that assessing method in this paper can assess reserves and temporal and spatial distribution effectively and provide scientific references for the siting of wave power plants and the design of wave energy convertors.展开更多
Using 20 years （1993-2012） of merged data recorded by contemporary multi-altimeter missions, a variety of sea-level variability modes are recovered in the South China Sea employing three- dimensional harmonic extrac...Using 20 years （1993-2012） of merged data recorded by contemporary multi-altimeter missions, a variety of sea-level variability modes are recovered in the South China Sea employing three- dimensional harmonic extraction. In terms of the long-term variation, the South China Sea is estimated to have a rising sea-level linear trend of 5.39 mm/a over these 20 years. Among the modes extracted, the seven most statistically significant periodic or quasi-periodic modes are identified as principal modes. The geographical distributions of the magnitudes and phases of the modes are displayed. In terms of intra- annual and annual regimes, two principal modes with strict semiannual and annual periods are found, with the annual variability having the largest amplitudes among the seven modes. For interannual and decadal regimes, five principal modes at approximately 18, 21, 23, 28, and 112 months are found with the most mode- active region being to the east of Vietnam. For the phase distributions, a series of amphidromes are observed as twins, termed ＂amphidrome twins＂, comprising rotating dipole systems. The stability of periodic modes is investigated employing joint spatiotemporal analysis of latitude/longitude sections. Results show that all periodic modes are robust, revealing the richness and complexity of sea-level modes in the South China Sea.展开更多
The Geosat altimeter ERM T2-GDRs data were used to analyze sea surface height (SSH) variabilities in the Northwest Pacific region of 10°- 45°N, 120°-- 160°E covering all the Kuroshio Current. After...The Geosat altimeter ERM T2-GDRs data were used to analyze sea surface height (SSH) variabilities in the Northwest Pacific region of 10°- 45°N, 120°-- 160°E covering all the Kuroshio Current. After processing the Geosat GDRs data, the 50 gridded SSH anomaly fields were acquired. The comparison between the SSH anomalies and tidal gauge sea levels showed that the altimeter data accorded with the tidal gauge data especially in the low frequency scale and in open sea. The mesoscale variability energy distribution obtained from the SSH anomalies was controlled by the position of the Kuroshio, bottom topography and the stationary meander of the Kuroshio. The relative transports of the Kuroshio Extension and the Kuroshio south of Japan, represented by the difference between the SSH anomalies on two sides of the current, had strong interannual and seasonal cycles, which was related to the Kuroshio large meander. When the Kuroshio meander occurred, the transport of the Kuroshio east of the Tokara Strait decreased, but that northeast of Taiwan Island increased. The variability of the transport east of the Philippines reflected the effects of the ENSO. The EOF analysis of the SSH anomaly fields showed that the first three EOFs accounted for 25.3%, 17.1 % and 13.7% of the total variance, and represented the meander mode, the ENSO mode and season mode respectively.展开更多
The geoid undulations in the Northwest Pacific were calculated by usingtheTopex/Poseidon and Geosataltimeter data. Firstly the bias between two types of the altimeter data was removed and the geoid undulations in the...The geoid undulations in the Northwest Pacific were calculated by usingtheTopex/Poseidon and Geosataltimeter data. Firstly the bias between two types of the altimeter data was removed and the geoid undulations in theNorthwest Pacific were acquired by a long wave bias diminishing model with a resolution of 30 km and precision of 14cm. Then an algorithm of inversion of gravity anomalies was derived , and the gravity anomalies in the East China Seawere calculated by using the algorithm and the geoid undulations. The rms of difference between the in situ measure-ments the gravity anomalies from altimeter data was 3 .8× 10-5 m/s2. A method to colculate the gravity anomaliesin a larger area was developed which combined gravity anomalies in four subregions overlapping each other into one data set in a larger region. The error analysys shaws that the model and result of the inversion of gravity anomalies were reliable.展开更多
The sea-surface height （SSH） signatures of internal tides extracted from the TOPEX/Poseidon （T/P） altimeter data along satellite tracks are fitted with superposition of several plane waves which have different wav...The sea-surface height （SSH） signatures of internal tides extracted from the TOPEX/Poseidon （T/P） altimeter data along satellite tracks are fitted with superposition of several plane waves which have different wavenumber vectors. The key problem of plane wave fitting with iterative method is how to determine the initial value of wavenumber of each plane wave. The previous solving method is to analyze the internal tidal SSH signatures along each track with wavenumber spectrum. But it is found that the problem cannot be solved completely with the wavenumber spectrum analysis method only. The method based on the combination of wavenumber spectrum analysis method and the exhaustive method is proposed to determine the initial values of wavenumbers for iteration. Numerical results indicate that the proposed method is not only reasonable and feasible but also better than the previous method. The proposed method is an improvement of the previous one, which is beneficial to improving the precision of plane wave fitting of the T/P internal tidal SSH signatures and deepening the understanding of the internal tides in ocean.展开更多
The impact of ERS-1 altimeter significant wave height on analysis of wave field and wave pre- dictions is tested through analysis of selected cases. Application of the altimeter data may modifg initial tield and thus ...The impact of ERS-1 altimeter significant wave height on analysis of wave field and wave pre- dictions is tested through analysis of selected cases. Application of the altimeter data may modifg initial tield and thus 24-hour prediction of significant wave height. However the variations in initial wave field almost make no effect on 48-hour predictions.展开更多
Harmonic analysis of satellite altimetry data based on a global regular grid is affected by the grid spatial tessellation and placement of the grids.With the increase of latitude,the traditional lat/lon grid deforms g...Harmonic analysis of satellite altimetry data based on a global regular grid is affected by the grid spatial tessellation and placement of the grids.With the increase of latitude,the traditional lat/lon grid deforms greatly,resulting in uneven distribution of satellite altimeter data with latitude,which affects the extraction of tidal information.Alternatively,Hexagonal grids have been proved to be advantageous due to their isotropic,uniform neighbourhood,equal-area and more.Considering the merits above,the purpose of this paper is to use the global equal-area hexagonal grid to conduct a harmonic analysis of satellite altimeter data.First,the Icosahedron Snyder Equal Area projection method is used to construct a global equal-area hexagonal grid,Then the time series data of 19.8 years of Jason series satellite altimeter data are obtained.Finally,the harmonic constants of eight constituents(the M2,S2,N2,K2,K1,O1,P1,Q1)are extracted by harmonic analysis.By analysing the results,we conclude that the harmonic constants extracted from the global equal-area hexagonal grid have considerable accuracy and are consistent with the tidal characteristics of the eight components.Meanwhile,the accuracy of harmonic constants extracted from equal-area hexagonal grids is better than that of lat/lon grids.展开更多
The ocean surface currents are reconstructed from the satellite remote sensing data containing altimeter-derived sea surface height and QuikSCAT satellite-derived wind data. Based on the method proposed by Lagerloef, ...The ocean surface currents are reconstructed from the satellite remote sensing data containing altimeter-derived sea surface height and QuikSCAT satellite-derived wind data. Based on the method proposed by Lagerloef, a global weekly 0.5°×0.5°ocean surface current product was obtained over the period 2000 - 2008 by combining the geostrophic currents estimated from sea surface height with Ekman current estimated from the wind stress. Particularly, weight functions were introduced when calculating the Ekman currents to eliminate the discontinuity near 25°S and 25°N. These satellite-derived currents have been compared with TAO current meter and the SCUD product, respectively. The comparison showed that satellite-derived currents not only could capture the characteristics of ocean surface currents but also had high accuracy and reliability. The result showed that this innovatory method was effective.展开更多
A case study on the cyclonic eddy generated by the tropical cyclone looping over the northern South China Sea (NSCS) is presented, using TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data and AVHRR sea surface temperature (SST) data. Thre...A case study on the cyclonic eddy generated by the tropical cyclone looping over the northern South China Sea (NSCS) is presented, using TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data and AVHRR sea surface temperature (SST) data. Three cases relating to the tropical cyclone events (Typhoon Kai-Tak in July 2000, Tropical Storm Russ in June 1994 and Tropical Storm Maria in August-September 2000) over the NSCS have been analyzed. For each looping tropical cyclone case, the cyclonic eddy with an obvious sea level depression appears in the sea area where the tropical cyclone takes a loop form, and lasts for about 2 weeks with a slight variation in location. The cold core with the SST difference greater than 2℃against its surrounding areas is also observed by the satellite-derived SST data.展开更多
The features of eddy kinetic energy (EKE) and the variations of upper circulation in theSouth China Sea (SCS) are discussed in this paper using geostrophic currents estimated from Maps of Sea Level Anomalies of the TO...The features of eddy kinetic energy (EKE) and the variations of upper circulation in theSouth China Sea (SCS) are discussed in this paper using geostrophic currents estimated from Maps of Sea Level Anomalies of the TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry data. A high EKE center is identified in the southeast of Vietnam coast with the highest energy level 1 400 cm2 ·s^(-2) in both summer and autumn. This high EKE center is caused by the instability of the current axis leaving the coast of Vietnam in summer and the transition of seasonal circulation patterns in autumn. There exists another high EKE region in the northeastern SCS, southwest to Taiwan Island in winter. This high EKE region is generated from the eddy activities caused by the Kuroshio intrusion and accumulates more than one third of the annual EKE, which confirms that the eddies are most active in winter. The transition of upper circulation patterns is also evidenced by the directions of the major axises of velocity variance ellipses between 10?and 14.5°N, which supports the model results reported before.展开更多
This study is the fi rst to depict typhoon-induced continental shelf wave(CSW)propagation in the eastern Taiwan Strait(TWS)during the passage of Typhoon Meranti in 2016 using tidal gauge data and along-track satellite...This study is the fi rst to depict typhoon-induced continental shelf wave(CSW)propagation in the eastern Taiwan Strait(TWS)during the passage of Typhoon Meranti in 2016 using tidal gauge data and along-track satellite altimeter data.The strong amplitude response of sea level oscillations(within the range of 0.30–0.54 m)as a free,barotropic CSW after Meranti,which impacted the TWS,was clearly detected in time and frequency(in bands of 64–81 h)using wavelet and cross-wavelet analyses.The measured group and phase speeds were consistent with the dispersion curves for CSW with the fi rst-mode derived from the cross-shelf sections of the eastern TWS,with the mean speeds reaching 3 and 5.6±0.7 m/s,respectively.Coincidentally,the typhoon-induced sea level anomaly(SLA)was also captured by the satellite altimeter before this CSW entered into the TWS.Using the theoretical cross-shore CSW modes to fi t the SLA data,the results indicated that the fi rst three wave modes can interpret this CSW event appeared in the southern TWS very well,with the fi rst mode being the dominant one.展开更多
基金The Ocean Renewable Energy Special Fund Project of the State Oceanic Administration of China under contract No.GHME2011ZC07the Dragon Ⅲ Project of the European Space Agency and Ministry of Science and Technology of China under contract No.10412
文摘Wave energy resources are abundant in both offshore and nearshore areas of the China＇s seas. A reliable assessment of the wave energy resources must be performed before they can be exploited. First, for a water depth in offshore waters of China, a parameterized wave power density model that considers the effects of the water depth is introduced to improve the calculating accuracy of the wave power density. Second, wave heights and wind speeds on the surface of the China＇s seas are retrieved from an AVISO multi-satellite altim-eter data set for the period from 2009 to 2013. Three mean wave period inversion models are developed and used to calculate the wave energy period. Third, a practical application value for developing the wave energy is analyzed based on buoy data. Finally, the wave power density is then calculated using the wave field data. Using the distribution of wave power density, the energy level frequency, the time variability indexes, the to-tal wave energy and the distribution of total wave energy density according to a wave state, the offshore wave energy in the China＇s seas is assessed. The results show that the areas of abundant and stable wave energy are primarily located in the north-central part of the South China Sea, the Luzon Strait, southeast of Taiwan in the China＇s seas; the wave power density values in these areas are approximately 14.0–18.5 kW/m. The wave energy in the China’s seas presents obvious seasonal variations and optimal seasons for a wave energy utilization are in winter and autumn. Except for very coastal waters, in other sea areas in the China＇s seas, the energy is primarily from the wave state with 0.5 m≤Hs≤4 m, 4 s≤Te≤10 s whereHs is a significant wave height andTe is an energy period; within this wave state, the wave energy accounts for 80% above of the total wave energy. This characteristic is advantageous to designing wave energy convertors （WECs）. The practical application value of the wave energy is higher which can be as an effective supplement for an energy con-sumption in some areas. The above results are consistent with the wave model which indicates fully that this new microwave remote sensing method altimeter is effective and feasible for the wave energy assessment.
文摘Some important tidal features of 8 major tidal constituents ( M 2, S 2, K 1, O 1, P 1, Sa, N 2 and K 2 ) in the China Seas and their adjacent sea areas were obtained using six years’ TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data. The results showed that the obtained co tidal and co range charts for these major tidal constituents agreed well with those of previous researches using observational data from coastal tidal gauge stations and numerical models.
基金The Dragon III Project of ESA-MOST Dragon Cooperation under contract No.10412the Ocean Renewable Energy Special Fund Project of State Oceanic Administration under contract No.GHME2011ZC07the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)under contract No.41176157
文摘Wave energy resource is a very important ocean renewable energy. A reliable assessment of wave energy resources must be performed before they can be exploited. Compared with wave model, altimeter can provide more accurate in situ observations for ocean wave which can be as a novel method for wave energy assessment.The advantage of altimeter data is to provide accurate significant wave height observations for wave. In order to develop characteristic and advantage of altimeter data and apply altimeter data to wave energy assessment, in this study, we established an assessing method for wave energy in local sea area which is dedicated to altimeter data.This method includes three parts including data selection and processing, establishment of evaluation indexes system and criterion of regional division. Then a case study of Northwest Pacific was performed to discuss specific application for this method. The results show that assessing method in this paper can assess reserves and temporal and spatial distribution effectively and provide scientific references for the siting of wave power plants and the design of wave energy convertors.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41331172,U1406404)the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(863 Program)(No.2013AA09A505)
文摘Using 20 years （1993-2012） of merged data recorded by contemporary multi-altimeter missions, a variety of sea-level variability modes are recovered in the South China Sea employing three- dimensional harmonic extraction. In terms of the long-term variation, the South China Sea is estimated to have a rising sea-level linear trend of 5.39 mm/a over these 20 years. Among the modes extracted, the seven most statistically significant periodic or quasi-periodic modes are identified as principal modes. The geographical distributions of the magnitudes and phases of the modes are displayed. In terms of intra- annual and annual regimes, two principal modes with strict semiannual and annual periods are found, with the annual variability having the largest amplitudes among the seven modes. For interannual and decadal regimes, five principal modes at approximately 18, 21, 23, 28, and 112 months are found with the most mode- active region being to the east of Vietnam. For the phase distributions, a series of amphidromes are observed as twins, termed ＂amphidrome twins＂, comprising rotating dipole systems. The stability of periodic modes is investigated employing joint spatiotemporal analysis of latitude/longitude sections. Results show that all periodic modes are robust, revealing the richness and complexity of sea-level modes in the South China Sea.
基金supported by National spaceflight office of china.
文摘The Geosat altimeter ERM T2-GDRs data were used to analyze sea surface height (SSH) variabilities in the Northwest Pacific region of 10°- 45°N, 120°-- 160°E covering all the Kuroshio Current. After processing the Geosat GDRs data, the 50 gridded SSH anomaly fields were acquired. The comparison between the SSH anomalies and tidal gauge sea levels showed that the altimeter data accorded with the tidal gauge data especially in the low frequency scale and in open sea. The mesoscale variability energy distribution obtained from the SSH anomalies was controlled by the position of the Kuroshio, bottom topography and the stationary meander of the Kuroshio. The relative transports of the Kuroshio Extension and the Kuroshio south of Japan, represented by the difference between the SSH anomalies on two sides of the current, had strong interannual and seasonal cycles, which was related to the Kuroshio large meander. When the Kuroshio meander occurred, the transport of the Kuroshio east of the Tokara Strait decreased, but that northeast of Taiwan Island increased. The variability of the transport east of the Philippines reflected the effects of the ENSO. The EOF analysis of the SSH anomaly fields showed that the first three EOFs accounted for 25.3%, 17.1 % and 13.7% of the total variance, and represented the meander mode, the ENSO mode and season mode respectively.
文摘The geoid undulations in the Northwest Pacific were calculated by usingtheTopex/Poseidon and Geosataltimeter data. Firstly the bias between two types of the altimeter data was removed and the geoid undulations in theNorthwest Pacific were acquired by a long wave bias diminishing model with a resolution of 30 km and precision of 14cm. Then an algorithm of inversion of gravity anomalies was derived , and the gravity anomalies in the East China Seawere calculated by using the algorithm and the geoid undulations. The rms of difference between the in situ measure-ments the gravity anomalies from altimeter data was 3 .8× 10-5 m/s2. A method to colculate the gravity anomaliesin a larger area was developed which combined gravity anomalies in four subregions overlapping each other into one data set in a larger region. The error analysys shaws that the model and result of the inversion of gravity anomalies were reliable.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. 41076006the State Ministry of Science and Technology of China under contract No. 2008AA09A402the Ministry of Education’s "111" Project of China under contract No. B07036
文摘The sea-surface height （SSH） signatures of internal tides extracted from the TOPEX/Poseidon （T/P） altimeter data along satellite tracks are fitted with superposition of several plane waves which have different wavenumber vectors. The key problem of plane wave fitting with iterative method is how to determine the initial value of wavenumber of each plane wave. The previous solving method is to analyze the internal tidal SSH signatures along each track with wavenumber spectrum. But it is found that the problem cannot be solved completely with the wavenumber spectrum analysis method only. The method based on the combination of wavenumber spectrum analysis method and the exhaustive method is proposed to determine the initial values of wavenumbers for iteration. Numerical results indicate that the proposed method is not only reasonable and feasible but also better than the previous method. The proposed method is an improvement of the previous one, which is beneficial to improving the precision of plane wave fitting of the T/P internal tidal SSH signatures and deepening the understanding of the internal tides in ocean.
文摘The impact of ERS-1 altimeter significant wave height on analysis of wave field and wave pre- dictions is tested through analysis of selected cases. Application of the altimeter data may modifg initial tield and thus 24-hour prediction of significant wave height. However the variations in initial wave field almost make no effect on 48-hour predictions.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China[42076203].
文摘Harmonic analysis of satellite altimetry data based on a global regular grid is affected by the grid spatial tessellation and placement of the grids.With the increase of latitude,the traditional lat/lon grid deforms greatly,resulting in uneven distribution of satellite altimeter data with latitude,which affects the extraction of tidal information.Alternatively,Hexagonal grids have been proved to be advantageous due to their isotropic,uniform neighbourhood,equal-area and more.Considering the merits above,the purpose of this paper is to use the global equal-area hexagonal grid to conduct a harmonic analysis of satellite altimeter data.First,the Icosahedron Snyder Equal Area projection method is used to construct a global equal-area hexagonal grid,Then the time series data of 19.8 years of Jason series satellite altimeter data are obtained.Finally,the harmonic constants of eight constituents(the M2,S2,N2,K2,K1,O1,P1,Q1)are extracted by harmonic analysis.By analysing the results,we conclude that the harmonic constants extracted from the global equal-area hexagonal grid have considerable accuracy and are consistent with the tidal characteristics of the eight components.Meanwhile,the accuracy of harmonic constants extracted from equal-area hexagonal grids is better than that of lat/lon grids.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41306010,41276088 and 41206002)
文摘The ocean surface currents are reconstructed from the satellite remote sensing data containing altimeter-derived sea surface height and QuikSCAT satellite-derived wind data. Based on the method proposed by Lagerloef, a global weekly 0.5°×0.5°ocean surface current product was obtained over the period 2000 - 2008 by combining the geostrophic currents estimated from sea surface height with Ekman current estimated from the wind stress. Particularly, weight functions were introduced when calculating the Ekman currents to eliminate the discontinuity near 25°S and 25°N. These satellite-derived currents have been compared with TAO current meter and the SCUD product, respectively. The comparison showed that satellite-derived currents not only could capture the characteristics of ocean surface currents but also had high accuracy and reliability. The result showed that this innovatory method was effective.
文摘A case study on the cyclonic eddy generated by the tropical cyclone looping over the northern South China Sea (NSCS) is presented, using TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data and AVHRR sea surface temperature (SST) data. Three cases relating to the tropical cyclone events (Typhoon Kai-Tak in July 2000, Tropical Storm Russ in June 1994 and Tropical Storm Maria in August-September 2000) over the NSCS have been analyzed. For each looping tropical cyclone case, the cyclonic eddy with an obvious sea level depression appears in the sea area where the tropical cyclone takes a loop form, and lasts for about 2 weeks with a slight variation in location. The cold core with the SST difference greater than 2℃against its surrounding areas is also observed by the satellite-derived SST data.
基金This study was supported by the LED of South China Sea Institute of Oceanology the State Key Basic Research Program of China under contract No. G1999043806 the Key Project of Fujian Province of China under contract No. 98-Z-179.
文摘The features of eddy kinetic energy (EKE) and the variations of upper circulation in theSouth China Sea (SCS) are discussed in this paper using geostrophic currents estimated from Maps of Sea Level Anomalies of the TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry data. A high EKE center is identified in the southeast of Vietnam coast with the highest energy level 1 400 cm2 ·s^(-2) in both summer and autumn. This high EKE center is caused by the instability of the current axis leaving the coast of Vietnam in summer and the transition of seasonal circulation patterns in autumn. There exists another high EKE region in the northeastern SCS, southwest to Taiwan Island in winter. This high EKE region is generated from the eddy activities caused by the Kuroshio intrusion and accumulates more than one third of the annual EKE, which confirms that the eddies are most active in winter. The transition of upper circulation patterns is also evidenced by the directions of the major axises of velocity variance ellipses between 10?and 14.5°N, which supports the model results reported before.
基金Supported by the Science Foundation of Fujian Province(No.2019J01119)the Scientifi c Research Foundation of Third Institute of Oceanography,MNR(Nos.2017011,2019018)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41506014)the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFC1402607)。
文摘This study is the fi rst to depict typhoon-induced continental shelf wave(CSW)propagation in the eastern Taiwan Strait(TWS)during the passage of Typhoon Meranti in 2016 using tidal gauge data and along-track satellite altimeter data.The strong amplitude response of sea level oscillations(within the range of 0.30–0.54 m)as a free,barotropic CSW after Meranti,which impacted the TWS,was clearly detected in time and frequency(in bands of 64–81 h)using wavelet and cross-wavelet analyses.The measured group and phase speeds were consistent with the dispersion curves for CSW with the fi rst-mode derived from the cross-shelf sections of the eastern TWS,with the mean speeds reaching 3 and 5.6±0.7 m/s,respectively.Coincidentally,the typhoon-induced sea level anomaly(SLA)was also captured by the satellite altimeter before this CSW entered into the TWS.Using the theoretical cross-shore CSW modes to fi t the SLA data,the results indicated that the fi rst three wave modes can interpret this CSW event appeared in the southern TWS very well,with the fi rst mode being the dominant one.
