Mesoscale eddies play a central role in the poleward oceanic heat flux in the Southern Ocean.Previous studies have documented changes in the location of temperature fronts in the Southern Ocean,but little attention ha...Mesoscale eddies play a central role in the poleward oceanic heat flux in the Southern Ocean.Previous studies have documented changes in the location of temperature fronts in the Southern Ocean,but little attention has been paid to changes in the genesis locations of mesoscale eddies.Here,we provide evidence from three decades of satellite altimetry observations for the heterogeneity of the poleward shift of mesoscale activities,with the largest trend of~0.23°±0.05°(10 yr)^(-1) over the Atlantic sector and a moderate trend of~0.1°±0.03°(10 yr)^(-1) over the Indian sector,but no significant trend in the Pacific sector.The poleward shift of mesoscale eddies is associated with a southward shift of the local westerly winds while being constrained by the major topographies.As the poleward shift of westerly winds is projected to persist,the poleward oceanic heat flux from mesoscale eddies may influence future ice melt.展开更多
Mesoscale air-sea interactions play a critical role in damping eddy activities.However,how mesoscale heat flux influences the distribution of eddy kinetic energy(EKE)in the wavenumber space remains unclear.In this stu...Mesoscale air-sea interactions play a critical role in damping eddy activities.However,how mesoscale heat flux influences the distribution of eddy kinetic energy(EKE)in the wavenumber space remains unclear.In this study,we investigate the EKE and temperature variance(T_(var))budgets in the Kuroshio Extension(KE)region using wavenumber spectral analysis based on 1/10°coupled climate simulations.These simulations include a standard high-resolution simulation and a smoothed simulation that overlooks mesoscale heat flux.By comparing the differences between these models,we confirm that air-sea heat exchange significantly dissipates Tvar.Neglecting mesoscale heat flux results in a 60% underestimation of the Tvar damping rate,which in turn increases energy transfer to EKE through the vertical buoyancy flux by 22%.This enhanced vertical buoyancy flux leads to a 20% higher EKE level and larger energy budget terms,particularly in the diffusion term,which is closely related to wind power.Furthermore,underestimating air-sea heat exchange could lead to an overestimation of the inverse kinetic energy cascade,thereby distorting the overall energy budget in the KE region.展开更多
The characteristics of modified Circumpolar Deep Water(mCDW)on the continental shelf in Prydz Bay,East Antarctica,are studied based on hydrographic data obtained by the Chinese National Antarctic Research Expeditions ...The characteristics of modified Circumpolar Deep Water(mCDW)on the continental shelf in Prydz Bay,East Antarctica,are studied based on hydrographic data obtained by the Chinese National Antarctic Research Expeditions across 14 summers from 1999 to 2022.In austral summer,the mCDW upwells along the upper continental slope then intrudes on the continental shelf across the shelf break in a warm tongue that gradually upwells poleward.The mCDW intrusion at the 73°E section is relatively weaker in December and stronger in February while showing significant interannual variability.During strong intrusions(January 2000 and February 2003),the mCDW extends southward to 68°S and upwells to 50 m,whereas the mCDW only reaches the shelf break during weak intrusions(December 2004,January 2006,January 2011,and February 2015).The intensity of the mCDW intrusions correlates strongly with the accumulated wind stress curl(30 days prior)north of the shelf break(73.5°-78.0°E,64.5°-66.0°S).The summertime westerly winds play a key role in regulating the interannual variability of mCDW intrusion onto the continental shelf.A southward shift of the westerly winds promotes the upwelling and southward intrusion of mCDW across the shelf break.In addition,mCDW at 73°E can reach as far as 68°S due to the southward flow of mCDW being hindered by a northward outflowing branch of the coastal current at the Amery Ice Shelf(AIS)front.In austral summer,the mCDW had never been observed at the section along the AIS front;thus,it cannot directly contribute to the basal melting of the ice shelf.展开更多
Polynyas and their adjacent seasonal ice zones(SIZs)represent the most productive regions in the Southern Ocean,supporting unique food webs that are highly sensitive to climate change.Understanding the dynamics of phy...Polynyas and their adjacent seasonal ice zones(SIZs)represent the most productive regions in the Southern Ocean,supporting unique food webs that are highly sensitive to climate change.Understanding the dynamics of phytoplankton and the carbon pool in these areas is crucial for assessing the role of the Southern Ocean in global carbon cycling.During the late stage of an algal bloom,seawater samples at 14 stations were collected in the Amundsen Sea Polynya(ASP)and adjacent SIZ.Using nutrients,phytoplankton pigments,organic carbon(OC),remote sensing data,and physicochemical measurements,as well as CHEMTAX model simulations,we investigated the response of the phytoplankton crops,taxonomic composition,and OC pool to environmental factors.Our analyses revealed that hydrodynamic regimes of the polynya,adjacent SIZs and open sea were regulated by the regionally varying intrusion of Circumpolar Deep Water,photosynthetically active radiation and sea ice melt water.The ASP exhibited the highest seasonal nutrient utilization rates[ΔN=(1059±386)mmol/m^(2),ΔP=(50±17)mmol/m^(2) andΔSi=(956±904)mmol/m^(2)],while the open sea had lower rates.The integrated chlorophyll a(Chl a)concentration at depths of 0–200 m ranged from 20.4 mg/m^(2) to 1420.0 mg/m^(2) and peaked in the polynya.In the study area,Haptophytes Phaeocystis antarctica was the dominant functional group(34%±27%),and diatoms acted as a secondary contributor(23%±14%).The major functional group and particulate OC(POC)contributor varied from diatoms(36%±12%)in the open sea to haptophytes(48%±31%)in the polynya waters.Strong light conditions and microelement limitations promoted the dominance of P.antarctica(low Fe forms)dominance in the ASP.The strong correlations between the POC and Chl a depth-integrated concentration suggest that the POC was primarily derived from phytoplankton,while dissolved OC(DOC)was influenced by consumer activity and water mass transport.In addition,the transport of OC in the upper 200 m of the water column within the ASP was quantified,revealing the predominantly westward fluxes for both DOC[9.0 mg/(m^(2)·s)]and POC[7.2 mg/(m^(2)·s)].The latitudinal transport exhibited the northward transport of DOC[8.1 mg/(m^(2)·s)]and southward transport of POC[4.3 mg/(m^(2)·s)]movement.These findings have significant implications for enhancing our understanding of how hydrodynamics influence OC cycling in polynya regions.展开更多
Three-dimensional ocean subsurface temperature and salinity structures(OST/OSS)in the South China Sea(SCS)play crucial roles in oceanic climate research and disaster mitigation.Traditionally,real-time OST and OSS are ...Three-dimensional ocean subsurface temperature and salinity structures(OST/OSS)in the South China Sea(SCS)play crucial roles in oceanic climate research and disaster mitigation.Traditionally,real-time OST and OSS are mainly obtained through in-situ ocean observations and simulation by ocean circulation models,which are usually challenging and costly.Recently,dynamical,statistical,or machine learning models have been proposed to invert the OST/OSS from sea surface information;however,these models mainly focused on the inversion of monthly OST and OSS.To address this issue,we apply clustering algorithms and employ a stacking strategy to ensemble three models(XGBoost,Random Forest,and LightGBM)to invert the real-time OST/OSS based on satellite-derived data and the Argo dataset.Subsequently,a fusion of temperature and salinity is employed to reconstruct OST and OSS.In the validation dataset,the depth-averaged Correlation(Corr)of the estimated OST(OSS)is 0.919(0.83),and the average Root-Mean-Square Error(RMSE)is0.639°C(0.087 psu),with a depth-averaged coefficient of determination(R~2)of 0.84(0.68).Notably,at the thermocline where the base models exhibit their maximum error,the stacking-based fusion model exhibited significant performance enhancement,with a maximum enhancement in OST and OSS inversion exceeding 10%.We further found that the estimated OST and OSS exhibit good agreement with the HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model(HYCOM)data and BOA_Argo dataset during the passage of a mesoscale eddy.This study shows that the proposed model can effectively invert the real-time OST and OSS,potentially enhancing the understanding of multi-scale oceanic processes in the SCS.展开更多
A three-dimensional coupled sea ice-ice shelf-ocean numerical model is developed for the Prydz Bay,Antarctica,using the Regional Ocean Modeling System with a grid resolution of approximately 2 km.The influence of the ...A three-dimensional coupled sea ice-ice shelf-ocean numerical model is developed for the Prydz Bay,Antarctica,using the Regional Ocean Modeling System with a grid resolution of approximately 2 km.The influence of the grounding giant iceberg D15 on the distribution of sea ice and polynyas in the Prydz Bay is analyzed through two numerical experiments.Iceberg D15,grounded off the western edge of the West Ice Shelf(WIS),obstructs the southwestward transport of sea ice along the east coast of Prydz Bay,causing sea ice to accumulate to the east of the iceberg and form multi-year fast ice.Grounding of Iceberg D15 also decreases sea ice coverage off its south edge and creates ice-free openings in spring near Davis Station and Zhongshan Station,facilitating the accessibility of vessels to the research stations.These simulated sea ice patterns closely match current satellite observations.When Iceberg D15 is removed,the previously blocked sea ice north of the iceberg,which moved westward,shifts southwesterly along the coastline,leading to a reduction in sea ice thickness during winter and spring,as well as lower sea ice concentrations in spring across large areas north and west of the iceberg.In contrast,the sea ice thickness increases considerably southwest of the WIS,extending to the front of the Amery Ice Shelf during seasons covered by sea ice.The increase in sea ice concentration can also extend to as far as 75°E in spring.Without Iceberg D15,which previously contributed to the ice barrier of Barrier Polynya(BP),the shape of BP changes,the area of BP and Davis Polynya(DP)decreases,and the polynya off the northwest edge of the WIS near 83°E expands.These polynya patterns are much similar to the satellite remote sensing observations before Iceberg D15 was grounded.From April to October,the total area of BP and DP decreases by 2.83×10^(4)km^(2)(60%)and 2.20×10^(3)km^(2)(20%),respectively,while the total sea ice production decreases by 4.11×10^(10)m^(3)(66%)and 1.52×10^(10)m^(3)(52%)compared to the experiment with iceberg.These results indicate the substantial effects of grounding giant icebergs on the spatio-temporal distribution of sea ice,the area of polynyas,and sea ice production.High-resolution Antarctic coastal numerical models,typically with grid scales of kilometers,are sufficient to represent large icebergs,and adding the grounding giant icebergs is crucial for producing realistic simulations of sea ice and polynyas.展开更多
Based on the high-and low-resolution Community Earth System Model, version 1(CESM1), and corresponding simulations from phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project(CMIP6), we compare the interannual variabili...Based on the high-and low-resolution Community Earth System Model, version 1(CESM1), and corresponding simulations from phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project(CMIP6), we compare the interannual variability of the East Asian summer monsoon(EASM). The EASM interannual variability is characterized by the anomalous western North Pacific anticyclone(WNPAC) circulation and the dipole rainfall pattern with a negative southern lobe over the western North Pacific and a positive northern lobe along the Meiyu–Baiu region, which is better reproduced by the highresolution models. The reason for the improvement in the high-resolution models has been attributed to the better simulation of the warm temperature advection from the wind anomalies on the climatological temperature gradient. Positive sea surface temperature(SST) anomalies over the tropical Indian Ocean are the key to the improved wind anomalies featuring a WNPAC in the high-resolution models. The warm SST anomalies over the tropical Indian Ocean strengthen the WNPAC by triggering a Kelvin-wave response to the enhanced heat release induced by the increased precipitation. Based on the mixed-layer heat budget analysis, the warm SST anomalies over the western Indian Ocean in the high-resolution CESM1 are tied to the anomalous easterly wind along the equator, which reduces surface evaporation and upwelling.Therefore, the better simulations of air–sea feedback and the oceanic mesoscale eddy over the western Indian Ocean are the key for the improved simulation of the EASM interannual variations in the high-resolution CESM1.展开更多
The Antarctic Slope Current(ASC)links the processes occurring in the coast area with the global ocean by modulating the flow across the continental slope,which influences global overturning circulation and the mass ba...The Antarctic Slope Current(ASC)links the processes occurring in the coast area with the global ocean by modulating the flow across the continental slope,which influences global overturning circulation and the mass balance of the Antarctic ice shelves.This paper aims to explore the effects of wind and buoyancy fluxes on the long-term changes in the ASC using observation and reanalysis datasets.From 1993 to 2022,the ASC accelerated in all seasons,particularly in austral autumn,and was accompanied with the advancement of the strong flow.The positive buoyancy flux anomaly generates a low-density anomaly,which is accumulated by the prevailing surface easterly,maintaining a sharp density front along the continental slope.The heat flux intensifies the positive trend of buoyancy flux in summer and autumn,increasing the input of the lighter density anomaly into the ocean and advancing the strong flow of ASC.Compared with the annual mean,the additional acceleration of the ASC in autumn is mainly due to the contribution of the barotropic component,which could be explained by the local momentum input from the weakly enhanced local surface wind.The acceleration of the ASC is primarily driven by the positive trend of the buoyancy flux,while the influence of the wind on its seasonal variability becomes more significant due to the contribution of the local surface wind in autumn.展开更多
The impacts of the Luzon Strait transport on shallow meridional overturning circulation(SMOC)in the South China Sea(SCS)have been pointed out by previous studies,but the issue whether the Luzon Strait transport domina...The impacts of the Luzon Strait transport on shallow meridional overturning circulation(SMOC)in the South China Sea(SCS)have been pointed out by previous studies,but the issue whether the Luzon Strait transport dominates the SMOC formation still remains open.The Helmholtz decomposition is applied based on the ocean general circulation model for the earth simulator products to address this issue.Results show that the motion caused by the Luzon Strait transport is characterized as an obvious southward flow between 13°N and 20°N.After this motion being removed,the clockwise winter SMOC and the anticlockwise summer SMOC can still exist significantly.The SMOC existence and its seasonal variation are also reproduced in the numerical simulation with the Luzon Strait closed.Both results of the Helmholtz decomposition and numerical experiment suggest that the SMOC formation and its seasonal variation are not dominated by the Luzon Strait transport.The SCS monsoon is the primary driving factor for the SMOC,which is related to the physical processes within the SCS.展开更多
This study used moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer(MODIS)data and a high-resolution unstructured grid finite volume community ocean model(FVCOM)to investigate the seasonal and regional characteristics of ph...This study used moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer(MODIS)data and a high-resolution unstructured grid finite volume community ocean model(FVCOM)to investigate the seasonal and regional characteristics of physical and ecological elements in the Beibu Gulf.The findings reveal that,in the Beibu Gulf,strong temperature gradients exist in winter,with sea surface temperatures becoming uniform at around 30℃ in summer.Sea surface salinity is influenced by low-salinity water from the Qiongzhou Strait and rivers,as well as high-salinity water from the open sea,reaching its minimum levels in autumn.Chlorophyll-a(Chl-a)concentrations peak in nearshore areas,particularly in autumn.In the Beibu Gulf,a significantly negative partial correlation exists between sea surface temperature and Chl-a(ρ=-0.5).Furthermore,wind patterns exert a considerable influence on different re-gions outside the eastern Beibu Gulf(|ρ|≥0.49),particularly showing a negative correlation along the Vietnamese coast.Cooling-in-duced water instability,coupled with wind-driven upwelling,enhances vertical water movement,thus facilitating the upward trans-port of nutrients.High Chl-a concentrations in the estuarine area are attributed to the nutrient-rich discharges(ρ=0.55)and the strong estuarine gravity circulation induced by intense density gradients.There are also notably high Chl-a concentrations in the eastern Beibu Gulf and the western coast of Hainan Island despite the presence of adverse environmental conditions.These anomalies can be attributed to wind-induced upwelling and tidal mixing front-induced upwelling,respectively.This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the distribution and mechanisms of Chl-a in the Beibu Gulf,thus highlighting the complex interactions among various fac-tors and emphasizing the importance of local environmental conditions.展开更多
A halocline in the Arctic Ocean significantly slows the upward heat flux from deep warm water,thereby inhibiting the melting of surface sea ice.The western Arctic Ocean exhibits a double-halocline(DH)structure due to ...A halocline in the Arctic Ocean significantly slows the upward heat flux from deep warm water,thereby inhibiting the melting of surface sea ice.The western Arctic Ocean exhibits a double-halocline(DH)structure due to the complexity of the water mass.Using in situ measurements,we analyzed the vertical structural characteristics of DH and its interannual variation.The results indicated that the DH primarily occurs at the Northwind Ridge and the southern Canada Basin,extending westward to the Chukchi Abyssal Plain and northward to the northern boundary of the Canada Basin.From 2002 to 2022,there were changes in water masses that determined the structure of the DH.The significant increase in Pacific Water has resulted in 42%and 65%increases in freshwater and the heat content of the DH,respectively,along with a 14%reduction in stratification.Pacific Winter Water characterized by salinity of 33 has exhibited a gradually decreasing trend,suggesting that the lower halocline may be difficult to ventilate.The combined effects of Ekman pumping,mesoscale eddies,and positive buoyancy forcing(heat and freshwater input)from Pacific Water have altered the thickness and stratification of the DH.This study has enhanced our understanding of the evolution of vertical heat flux in the upper western Arctic Ocean.展开更多
Thermodynamic and dynamic processes(TDP)significantly modulate the rapid variability of Arctic sea ice,with complex interactions between them.This study quantifies the Arctic sea ice budget of volume from 1989 to 2021...Thermodynamic and dynamic processes(TDP)significantly modulate the rapid variability of Arctic sea ice,with complex interactions between them.This study quantifies the Arctic sea ice budget of volume from 1989 to 2021 using data from NSIDC and PIOMAS.Results show that thermodynamic processes dominate seasonal Arctic sea ice budget variation,covering 40%of the sea ice zone,strongest at the margins and in the seasonal ice zone.Dynamic processes play a relay role,contributing less than half of that from thermodynamic processes.Their influence is strongest in winter and weakest in summer,closely linked to sea ice drift circulation.TDP exhibit opposite seasonal cycles,with thermodynamic processes inversely correlated with sea ice volume changes.Dynamic processes are most negatively correlated with thermodynamic processes when they precede by 21 d.After strong thermodynamic processes,dynamic processes become more pronounced,peaking 76 d later,indicating a seasonal coupled effect where dynamic processes sustain and amplify the sea ice changes initiated by thermodynamic processes.Significant long-term trends in TDP are identified.Thermodynamic processes have increased over the past three decades,particularly in June to July and October to November.Dynamic processes decreases from June to August but increases in September.This study enhances understanding of the complex interplay between TDP modulate Arctic sea ice changes and highlights potential decadal trends under climate change.展开更多
The Southern Ocean is a critical component in the Earth system by dominating the global heat and anthropogenic carbon uptake and supplying heat to melt the largest ice sheet.Variability and changes in the water masses...The Southern Ocean is a critical component in the Earth system by dominating the global heat and anthropogenic carbon uptake and supplying heat to melt the largest ice sheet.Variability and changes in the water masses of the Southern Ocean are thus important to the global energy and water cycles,carbon cycling,and sea-level change.In this article,we review the recent progress on understanding the variability and changes in the four major water masses in the Southern Ocean,including Subantarctic Mode Water,Antarctic Intermediate Water,Circumpolar Deep Water and Antarctic Bottom Water.Subantarctic Mode Water and Antarctic Intermediate Water show statistically significant strong circumpolar shoaling,warming,and density reductions since 1970s,indicating that signals of global warming have entered the interior ocean.Meanwhile,strong regional variability of Subantarctic Mode Water and Antarctic Intermediate Water responding to surface buoyancy forcing and westerly winds is attracting more attention.Circumpolar Deep Water is an important modulator of heat content and nutrient concentrations on continental shelves around Antarctica and has made significant contributions to the basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves.Since the late 1950s,a long-term freshening trend in Antarctic Bottom Water in the Ross Sea and its downstream region has been observed and is mainly attributed to the accelerated basal melting of ice shelves in West Antarctica.The shrinking of Antarctic Bottom Water in the Weddell Sea during 1992–2020 has also been revealed and is attributed to reduced sea ice production over the southern Weddell continental shelf related to the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation and the variability in the Amundsen Sea Low.Though significant advances have been achieved,there is an urgent need to enhance and improve both observations and model performances for better understandings and projections of the formation,transformation,and transport of the water masses in the Southern Ocean.展开更多
Frequent typhoons can significantly change the temperature,nutrient availability,and phytoplankton biomass in marginal seas.The oceanic response to typhoons is usually influenced by the features of the typhoon,among w...Frequent typhoons can significantly change the temperature,nutrient availability,and phytoplankton biomass in marginal seas.The oceanic response to typhoons is usually influenced by the features of the typhoon,among which the translational speed is critically important.By using a high resolution coupled physical-biological model,we investigated the response of the Yellow and East China seas(YECS)to two typhoons at different translational speeds,Muifa in August 2011 and Bolaven in August 2012.The model well reproduced the spatial and temporal variations of temperature,chlorophyll-a concentration over the YECS.Results show that typhoons with slower translational speeds uplift more deep water,leading to a more significant oceanic response.Divergence and convergence caused nutrient fluxes in opposite directions in the surface and bottom layers.Moreover,the nutrient flux in the bottom layer was greater than that in the surface layer.These phenomena are closely related to the spatial distribution of nutrients.Further studies show that the degree of ocean response to typhoons is highly correlated with the initial conditions of physical and biological elements of the upper ocean before the typhoon,as well as with ocean structure.Pretyphoon initial conditions of oceanic physical and ecological elements,mixed layer depth,and potential energy anomalies can all alter the degree of typhoon-induced oceanic response.This study emphasizes the important roles of the translational speed of typhoons and the initial oceanic conditions in the oceanic response to typhoons.展开更多
In November 1984,China launched its first expedition to the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic continent,culminating in the establishment of its first year-round research station—Great Wall Station—on the Antarctic Pe...In November 1984,China launched its first expedition to the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic continent,culminating in the establishment of its first year-round research station—Great Wall Station—on the Antarctic Peninsula in February 1985.Forty years later,in February 2024,China’s fifth research station,Qinling Station,commenced operations on Inexpress-ible Island near Terra Nova Bay.展开更多
Severe hypoxia was observed in the submarine canyon to the east of the Changjiang estuary in July 14, 2015, two days after typhoon Chan-hom. The oxygen concentration reached as low as 2.0 mg/L and occupied a water col...Severe hypoxia was observed in the submarine canyon to the east of the Changjiang estuary in July 14, 2015, two days after typhoon Chan-hom. The oxygen concentration reached as low as 2.0 mg/L and occupied a water column of about 25 m. A ROMS model was con?gured to explore the underlying physical processes causing the formation of hypoxia. Chan-hom passed through the Changjiang estuary during the neap tide. The strati?cation was completely destroyed in the shallow nearshore region when typhoon passing. However, it was maintained in the deep canyon, though the surface mixed layer was largely deepened. The residual water in the deep canyon is considered to be the possible source of the later hypoxia. After Chan-hom departure, not only the low salinity plume water spread further of fshore, but also the sea surface temperature(SST) rewarmed quickly. Both changes helped strengthen the strati?cation and facilitate the formation of hypoxia. It was found that the surface heat ?ux, especially the solar short wave radiation dominated the surface re-warming, the of fshore advection of the warmer Changjiang Diluted Water(CDW) also played a role. In addition to the residual water in the deep canyon, the Taiwan Warm Current(TWC) was found to ?ow into the deep canyon pre-and soon post-Chan-hom, which was considered to be the original source of the hypoxia water.展开更多
In order to study the temporal variations of correlations between two time series,a running correlation coefficient(RCC)could be used.An RCC is calculated for a given time window,and the window is then moved sequentia...In order to study the temporal variations of correlations between two time series,a running correlation coefficient(RCC)could be used.An RCC is calculated for a given time window,and the window is then moved sequentially through time.The current calculation method for RCCs is based on the general definition of the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient,calculated with the data within the time window,which we call the local running correlation coefficient(LRCC).The LRCC is calculated via the two anomalies corresponding to the two local means,meanwhile,the local means also vary.It is cleared up that the LRCC reflects only the correlation between the two anomalies within the time window but fails to exhibit the contributions of the two varying means.To address this problem,two unchanged means obtained from all available data are adopted to calculate an RCC,which is called the synthetic running correlation coefficient(SRCC).When the anomaly variations are dominant,the two RCCs are similar.However,when the variations of the means are dominant,the difference between the two RCCs becomes obvious.The SRCC reflects the correlations of both the anomaly variations and the variations of the means.Therefore,the SRCCs from different time points are intercomparable.A criterion for the superiority of the RCC algorithm is that the average value of the RCC should be close to the global correlation coefficient calculated using all data.The SRCC always meets this criterion,while the LRCC sometimes fails.Therefore,the SRCC is better than the LRCC for running correlations.We suggest using the SRCC to calculate the RCCs.展开更多
This study investigates the migration and distribution of the warm-temperate fish Nibea albiflora. Their spawning migration and wintering migratory routes within in the Yellow Sea are described in detail. Considering ...This study investigates the migration and distribution of the warm-temperate fish Nibea albiflora. Their spawning migration and wintering migratory routes within in the Yellow Sea are described in detail. Considering the main physical features and environment of the Yellow Sea, it appears to be have one wintering ground and three migratory routes from the wintering ground to the spawning grounds. The fish begin to migrate from the wintering ground to the spawning grounds in the northwest region of the Yellow Sea in late March. The Yellow Sea has three spawning grounds. The first is located near the Yalu River on the Liaodong Peninsula and the second one is located in Rushan Bay of Shandong Peninsula. The third spawning ground is located in Haizhou Bay in the southern region of the Yellow Sea. This study found that the temperature of the Yellow Sea influences the migration of N. albiflora, and that the migratory routes coincide with the thermal fronts in the sea. Nutrients for juvenile fish are taken from the coastal upwelling area. Chlorophyll is a good environmental indicator of phytoplankton biomass and thereby provides the status of biological resources. Different types of sediment in near-shore zones are also of practical significance for the growth of fish. The study of the effects of marine environments on the migration of various fishes is not only significant to the fishing industry, but can also provide a scientific basis for the understanding of the ecological implications of the relevant physical processes.展开更多
A laboratory experiment was conducted inside a wind wave tank to investigate the wave induced turbulence. In this experiment, the wave surface elevation and velocity beneath the water surface were measured simultaneou...A laboratory experiment was conducted inside a wind wave tank to investigate the wave induced turbulence. In this experiment, the wave surface elevation and velocity beneath the water surface were measured simultaneously to investigate the relation between the wave status and wave induced turbulence. The profile of the turbulent dissipation rate and Reynolds stress were calculated using experimental data. The effect of the wave status on turbulence is investigated with regard to the wind wave, swell, and mixed wave conditions. It was depicted that the turbulence decreased with increasing depth from the water surface and that the turbulence that was induced by a wave with larger wavelength and wave height is much stronger for the same wave status. Finally, we observed that the wind wave is more effective in activating the wave induced turbulence.展开更多
The linkage between physical and biological processes is studied by applying a one-dimensional physical-biological coupled model to the Sargasso Sea. The physical model is the Princeton Ocean Model and the biological ...The linkage between physical and biological processes is studied by applying a one-dimensional physical-biological coupled model to the Sargasso Sea. The physical model is the Princeton Ocean Model and the biological model is a five-component system including phytoplankton, zooplankton, nitrate, ammonium, and detritus. The coupling between the physical and biological model is accomplished through vertical mixing which is parameterized by the level 2.5 Mellor and Yamada turbulence closure scheme. The coupled model investigates the annual cycle of ecosystem production and the response to external forcing, such as heat flux, wind stress, and surface salinity, and the relative importance of physical processes in affecting the ecosystem. Sensitivity experiments are also carried out, which provide information on how the model bio-chemical parameters affect the biological system. The computed seasonal cycles compare reasonably well with the observations of the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study(BATS). The spring bloom of phytoplankton occurs in March and April, right after the weakening of the winter mixing and before the establishment of the summer stratification. The bloom of zooplankton occurs about two weeks after the bloom of phytoplankton. The sensitivity experiments show that zooplankton is more sensitive to the variations of biochemical parameters than phytoplankton.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42230405,42006029)Science and Technology Plan of Liaoning Province(2024JH2/102400061)+1 种基金Dalian Science and Technology Innovation Fund(2024JJ11PT007)Dalian Science and Technology Pro-gram for Innovation Talents of Dalian(2022RJ06).
文摘Mesoscale eddies play a central role in the poleward oceanic heat flux in the Southern Ocean.Previous studies have documented changes in the location of temperature fronts in the Southern Ocean,but little attention has been paid to changes in the genesis locations of mesoscale eddies.Here,we provide evidence from three decades of satellite altimetry observations for the heterogeneity of the poleward shift of mesoscale activities,with the largest trend of~0.23°±0.05°(10 yr)^(-1) over the Atlantic sector and a moderate trend of~0.1°±0.03°(10 yr)^(-1) over the Indian sector,but no significant trend in the Pacific sector.The poleward shift of mesoscale eddies is associated with a southward shift of the local westerly winds while being constrained by the major topographies.As the poleward shift of westerly winds is projected to persist,the poleward oceanic heat flux from mesoscale eddies may influence future ice melt.
基金supported by the Natu-ral Science Foundation of China and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant Nos.42176006,42422601,202241006 to H.Y.)the Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.42225601 to Z.C.).
文摘Mesoscale air-sea interactions play a critical role in damping eddy activities.However,how mesoscale heat flux influences the distribution of eddy kinetic energy(EKE)in the wavenumber space remains unclear.In this study,we investigate the EKE and temperature variance(T_(var))budgets in the Kuroshio Extension(KE)region using wavenumber spectral analysis based on 1/10°coupled climate simulations.These simulations include a standard high-resolution simulation and a smoothed simulation that overlooks mesoscale heat flux.By comparing the differences between these models,we confirm that air-sea heat exchange significantly dissipates Tvar.Neglecting mesoscale heat flux results in a 60% underestimation of the Tvar damping rate,which in turn increases energy transfer to EKE through the vertical buoyancy flux by 22%.This enhanced vertical buoyancy flux leads to a 20% higher EKE level and larger energy budget terms,particularly in the diffusion term,which is closely related to wind power.Furthermore,underestimating air-sea heat exchange could lead to an overestimation of the inverse kinetic energy cascade,thereby distorting the overall energy budget in the KE region.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41976217)the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFA0605701).
文摘The characteristics of modified Circumpolar Deep Water(mCDW)on the continental shelf in Prydz Bay,East Antarctica,are studied based on hydrographic data obtained by the Chinese National Antarctic Research Expeditions across 14 summers from 1999 to 2022.In austral summer,the mCDW upwells along the upper continental slope then intrudes on the continental shelf across the shelf break in a warm tongue that gradually upwells poleward.The mCDW intrusion at the 73°E section is relatively weaker in December and stronger in February while showing significant interannual variability.During strong intrusions(January 2000 and February 2003),the mCDW extends southward to 68°S and upwells to 50 m,whereas the mCDW only reaches the shelf break during weak intrusions(December 2004,January 2006,January 2011,and February 2015).The intensity of the mCDW intrusions correlates strongly with the accumulated wind stress curl(30 days prior)north of the shelf break(73.5°-78.0°E,64.5°-66.0°S).The summertime westerly winds play a key role in regulating the interannual variability of mCDW intrusion onto the continental shelf.A southward shift of the westerly winds promotes the upwelling and southward intrusion of mCDW across the shelf break.In addition,mCDW at 73°E can reach as far as 68°S due to the southward flow of mCDW being hindered by a northward outflowing branch of the coastal current at the Amery Ice Shelf(AIS)front.In austral summer,the mCDW had never been observed at the section along the AIS front;thus,it cannot directly contribute to the basal melting of the ice shelf.
基金The National Polar Special Program under contract Nos IRASCC 01-01-02 and IRASCC 02-02the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41976228,42276255,41976227,42176227,and 42076243+1 种基金the International Cooperation Key Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology under contract No.2022YFE0136500the Scientific Research Fund of the Second Institute of Oceanography,Ministry of Natural Resources,under contract Nos JG2011,JG2211,JG2013,and JG1805.
文摘Polynyas and their adjacent seasonal ice zones(SIZs)represent the most productive regions in the Southern Ocean,supporting unique food webs that are highly sensitive to climate change.Understanding the dynamics of phytoplankton and the carbon pool in these areas is crucial for assessing the role of the Southern Ocean in global carbon cycling.During the late stage of an algal bloom,seawater samples at 14 stations were collected in the Amundsen Sea Polynya(ASP)and adjacent SIZ.Using nutrients,phytoplankton pigments,organic carbon(OC),remote sensing data,and physicochemical measurements,as well as CHEMTAX model simulations,we investigated the response of the phytoplankton crops,taxonomic composition,and OC pool to environmental factors.Our analyses revealed that hydrodynamic regimes of the polynya,adjacent SIZs and open sea were regulated by the regionally varying intrusion of Circumpolar Deep Water,photosynthetically active radiation and sea ice melt water.The ASP exhibited the highest seasonal nutrient utilization rates[ΔN=(1059±386)mmol/m^(2),ΔP=(50±17)mmol/m^(2) andΔSi=(956±904)mmol/m^(2)],while the open sea had lower rates.The integrated chlorophyll a(Chl a)concentration at depths of 0–200 m ranged from 20.4 mg/m^(2) to 1420.0 mg/m^(2) and peaked in the polynya.In the study area,Haptophytes Phaeocystis antarctica was the dominant functional group(34%±27%),and diatoms acted as a secondary contributor(23%±14%).The major functional group and particulate OC(POC)contributor varied from diatoms(36%±12%)in the open sea to haptophytes(48%±31%)in the polynya waters.Strong light conditions and microelement limitations promoted the dominance of P.antarctica(low Fe forms)dominance in the ASP.The strong correlations between the POC and Chl a depth-integrated concentration suggest that the POC was primarily derived from phytoplankton,while dissolved OC(DOC)was influenced by consumer activity and water mass transport.In addition,the transport of OC in the upper 200 m of the water column within the ASP was quantified,revealing the predominantly westward fluxes for both DOC[9.0 mg/(m^(2)·s)]and POC[7.2 mg/(m^(2)·s)].The latitudinal transport exhibited the northward transport of DOC[8.1 mg/(m^(2)·s)]and southward transport of POC[4.3 mg/(m^(2)·s)]movement.These findings have significant implications for enhancing our understanding of how hydrodynamics influence OC cycling in polynya regions.
基金jointly supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2022YFC3104304)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41876011)+1 种基金the 2022 Research Program of Sanya Yazhou Bay Science and Technology City(SKJC-2022-01-001)the Hainan Province Science and Technology Special Fund(ZDYF2021SHFZ265)。
文摘Three-dimensional ocean subsurface temperature and salinity structures(OST/OSS)in the South China Sea(SCS)play crucial roles in oceanic climate research and disaster mitigation.Traditionally,real-time OST and OSS are mainly obtained through in-situ ocean observations and simulation by ocean circulation models,which are usually challenging and costly.Recently,dynamical,statistical,or machine learning models have been proposed to invert the OST/OSS from sea surface information;however,these models mainly focused on the inversion of monthly OST and OSS.To address this issue,we apply clustering algorithms and employ a stacking strategy to ensemble three models(XGBoost,Random Forest,and LightGBM)to invert the real-time OST/OSS based on satellite-derived data and the Argo dataset.Subsequently,a fusion of temperature and salinity is employed to reconstruct OST and OSS.In the validation dataset,the depth-averaged Correlation(Corr)of the estimated OST(OSS)is 0.919(0.83),and the average Root-Mean-Square Error(RMSE)is0.639°C(0.087 psu),with a depth-averaged coefficient of determination(R~2)of 0.84(0.68).Notably,at the thermocline where the base models exhibit their maximum error,the stacking-based fusion model exhibited significant performance enhancement,with a maximum enhancement in OST and OSS inversion exceeding 10%.We further found that the estimated OST and OSS exhibit good agreement with the HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model(HYCOM)data and BOA_Argo dataset during the passage of a mesoscale eddy.This study shows that the proposed model can effectively invert the real-time OST and OSS,potentially enhancing the understanding of multi-scale oceanic processes in the SCS.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41976217 and 42306249the National Key Research and Development Program of China under contract No.2018YFA0605701.
文摘A three-dimensional coupled sea ice-ice shelf-ocean numerical model is developed for the Prydz Bay,Antarctica,using the Regional Ocean Modeling System with a grid resolution of approximately 2 km.The influence of the grounding giant iceberg D15 on the distribution of sea ice and polynyas in the Prydz Bay is analyzed through two numerical experiments.Iceberg D15,grounded off the western edge of the West Ice Shelf(WIS),obstructs the southwestward transport of sea ice along the east coast of Prydz Bay,causing sea ice to accumulate to the east of the iceberg and form multi-year fast ice.Grounding of Iceberg D15 also decreases sea ice coverage off its south edge and creates ice-free openings in spring near Davis Station and Zhongshan Station,facilitating the accessibility of vessels to the research stations.These simulated sea ice patterns closely match current satellite observations.When Iceberg D15 is removed,the previously blocked sea ice north of the iceberg,which moved westward,shifts southwesterly along the coastline,leading to a reduction in sea ice thickness during winter and spring,as well as lower sea ice concentrations in spring across large areas north and west of the iceberg.In contrast,the sea ice thickness increases considerably southwest of the WIS,extending to the front of the Amery Ice Shelf during seasons covered by sea ice.The increase in sea ice concentration can also extend to as far as 75°E in spring.Without Iceberg D15,which previously contributed to the ice barrier of Barrier Polynya(BP),the shape of BP changes,the area of BP and Davis Polynya(DP)decreases,and the polynya off the northwest edge of the WIS near 83°E expands.These polynya patterns are much similar to the satellite remote sensing observations before Iceberg D15 was grounded.From April to October,the total area of BP and DP decreases by 2.83×10^(4)km^(2)(60%)and 2.20×10^(3)km^(2)(20%),respectively,while the total sea ice production decreases by 4.11×10^(10)m^(3)(66%)and 1.52×10^(10)m^(3)(52%)compared to the experiment with iceberg.These results indicate the substantial effects of grounding giant icebergs on the spatio-temporal distribution of sea ice,the area of polynyas,and sea ice production.High-resolution Antarctic coastal numerical models,typically with grid scales of kilometers,are sufficient to represent large icebergs,and adding the grounding giant icebergs is crucial for producing realistic simulations of sea ice and polynyas.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [Grant Nos.42275018 (L.D.) and 42175029 (F.S.)]the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Fund for Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program (Overseas) [Grant No.2022HWYQ-065 (L.D.)]+3 种基金the Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province [Grant No.tsqn202211068 (L.D.)]the Fund of Laoshan Laboratory [Grant Nos.LSKJ202202602 (L.D.) and LSKJ202202201 (F.S.)]financially supported by Laoshan Laboratory (Grant No.LSKJ202300302)supported by the Office of Science, U.S.Department of Energy (DOE) Biological and Environmental Research through the Water Cycle and Climate Extremes Modeling (WACCEM) scientific focus area funded by the Regional and Global Model Analysis program area。
文摘Based on the high-and low-resolution Community Earth System Model, version 1(CESM1), and corresponding simulations from phase 6 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project(CMIP6), we compare the interannual variability of the East Asian summer monsoon(EASM). The EASM interannual variability is characterized by the anomalous western North Pacific anticyclone(WNPAC) circulation and the dipole rainfall pattern with a negative southern lobe over the western North Pacific and a positive northern lobe along the Meiyu–Baiu region, which is better reproduced by the highresolution models. The reason for the improvement in the high-resolution models has been attributed to the better simulation of the warm temperature advection from the wind anomalies on the climatological temperature gradient. Positive sea surface temperature(SST) anomalies over the tropical Indian Ocean are the key to the improved wind anomalies featuring a WNPAC in the high-resolution models. The warm SST anomalies over the tropical Indian Ocean strengthen the WNPAC by triggering a Kelvin-wave response to the enhanced heat release induced by the increased precipitation. Based on the mixed-layer heat budget analysis, the warm SST anomalies over the western Indian Ocean in the high-resolution CESM1 are tied to the anomalous easterly wind along the equator, which reduces surface evaporation and upwelling.Therefore, the better simulations of air–sea feedback and the oceanic mesoscale eddy over the western Indian Ocean are the key for the improved simulation of the EASM interannual variations in the high-resolution CESM1.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 42376256,42230405,and 41576020.
文摘The Antarctic Slope Current(ASC)links the processes occurring in the coast area with the global ocean by modulating the flow across the continental slope,which influences global overturning circulation and the mass balance of the Antarctic ice shelves.This paper aims to explore the effects of wind and buoyancy fluxes on the long-term changes in the ASC using observation and reanalysis datasets.From 1993 to 2022,the ASC accelerated in all seasons,particularly in austral autumn,and was accompanied with the advancement of the strong flow.The positive buoyancy flux anomaly generates a low-density anomaly,which is accumulated by the prevailing surface easterly,maintaining a sharp density front along the continental slope.The heat flux intensifies the positive trend of buoyancy flux in summer and autumn,increasing the input of the lighter density anomaly into the ocean and advancing the strong flow of ASC.Compared with the annual mean,the additional acceleration of the ASC in autumn is mainly due to the contribution of the barotropic component,which could be explained by the local momentum input from the weakly enhanced local surface wind.The acceleration of the ASC is primarily driven by the positive trend of the buoyancy flux,while the influence of the wind on its seasonal variability becomes more significant due to the contribution of the local surface wind in autumn.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.42076003.
文摘The impacts of the Luzon Strait transport on shallow meridional overturning circulation(SMOC)in the South China Sea(SCS)have been pointed out by previous studies,but the issue whether the Luzon Strait transport dominates the SMOC formation still remains open.The Helmholtz decomposition is applied based on the ocean general circulation model for the earth simulator products to address this issue.Results show that the motion caused by the Luzon Strait transport is characterized as an obvious southward flow between 13°N and 20°N.After this motion being removed,the clockwise winter SMOC and the anticlockwise summer SMOC can still exist significantly.The SMOC existence and its seasonal variation are also reproduced in the numerical simulation with the Luzon Strait closed.Both results of the Helmholtz decomposition and numerical experiment suggest that the SMOC formation and its seasonal variation are not dominated by the Luzon Strait transport.The SCS monsoon is the primary driving factor for the SMOC,which is related to the physical processes within the SCS.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42066002)the Sci-ence R&D Foundation of Guangxi Academy of Sciences(No.022107438).
文摘This study used moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer(MODIS)data and a high-resolution unstructured grid finite volume community ocean model(FVCOM)to investigate the seasonal and regional characteristics of physical and ecological elements in the Beibu Gulf.The findings reveal that,in the Beibu Gulf,strong temperature gradients exist in winter,with sea surface temperatures becoming uniform at around 30℃ in summer.Sea surface salinity is influenced by low-salinity water from the Qiongzhou Strait and rivers,as well as high-salinity water from the open sea,reaching its minimum levels in autumn.Chlorophyll-a(Chl-a)concentrations peak in nearshore areas,particularly in autumn.In the Beibu Gulf,a significantly negative partial correlation exists between sea surface temperature and Chl-a(ρ=-0.5).Furthermore,wind patterns exert a considerable influence on different re-gions outside the eastern Beibu Gulf(|ρ|≥0.49),particularly showing a negative correlation along the Vietnamese coast.Cooling-in-duced water instability,coupled with wind-driven upwelling,enhances vertical water movement,thus facilitating the upward trans-port of nutrients.High Chl-a concentrations in the estuarine area are attributed to the nutrient-rich discharges(ρ=0.55)and the strong estuarine gravity circulation induced by intense density gradients.There are also notably high Chl-a concentrations in the eastern Beibu Gulf and the western coast of Hainan Island despite the presence of adverse environmental conditions.These anomalies can be attributed to wind-induced upwelling and tidal mixing front-induced upwelling,respectively.This study presents a comprehensive analysis of the distribution and mechanisms of Chl-a in the Beibu Gulf,thus highlighting the complex interactions among various fac-tors and emphasizing the importance of local environmental conditions.
基金The National Key Research and Development Program of China under contract No.2023YFC2809101the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.42276239.
文摘A halocline in the Arctic Ocean significantly slows the upward heat flux from deep warm water,thereby inhibiting the melting of surface sea ice.The western Arctic Ocean exhibits a double-halocline(DH)structure due to the complexity of the water mass.Using in situ measurements,we analyzed the vertical structural characteristics of DH and its interannual variation.The results indicated that the DH primarily occurs at the Northwind Ridge and the southern Canada Basin,extending westward to the Chukchi Abyssal Plain and northward to the northern boundary of the Canada Basin.From 2002 to 2022,there were changes in water masses that determined the structure of the DH.The significant increase in Pacific Water has resulted in 42%and 65%increases in freshwater and the heat content of the DH,respectively,along with a 14%reduction in stratification.Pacific Winter Water characterized by salinity of 33 has exhibited a gradually decreasing trend,suggesting that the lower halocline may be difficult to ventilate.The combined effects of Ekman pumping,mesoscale eddies,and positive buoyancy forcing(heat and freshwater input)from Pacific Water have altered the thickness and stratification of the DH.This study has enhanced our understanding of the evolution of vertical heat flux in the upper western Arctic Ocean.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant no.2019YFA0607004)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant nos.42430411,42075024,42205029 and 42230405)。
文摘Thermodynamic and dynamic processes(TDP)significantly modulate the rapid variability of Arctic sea ice,with complex interactions between them.This study quantifies the Arctic sea ice budget of volume from 1989 to 2021 using data from NSIDC and PIOMAS.Results show that thermodynamic processes dominate seasonal Arctic sea ice budget variation,covering 40%of the sea ice zone,strongest at the margins and in the seasonal ice zone.Dynamic processes play a relay role,contributing less than half of that from thermodynamic processes.Their influence is strongest in winter and weakest in summer,closely linked to sea ice drift circulation.TDP exhibit opposite seasonal cycles,with thermodynamic processes inversely correlated with sea ice volume changes.Dynamic processes are most negatively correlated with thermodynamic processes when they precede by 21 d.After strong thermodynamic processes,dynamic processes become more pronounced,peaking 76 d later,indicating a seasonal coupled effect where dynamic processes sustain and amplify the sea ice changes initiated by thermodynamic processes.Significant long-term trends in TDP are identified.Thermodynamic processes have increased over the past three decades,particularly in June to July and October to November.Dynamic processes decreases from June to August but increases in September.This study enhances understanding of the complex interplay between TDP modulate Arctic sea ice changes and highlights potential decadal trends under climate change.
基金The Independent Research Foundation of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Zhuhai)under contract Nos SML2023SP201 and SML2021SP306the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province of China under contract No.2024A1515012717+5 种基金the Initial Research Foundation of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Zhuhai)under contract Nos 313021004,313022009,and 313022001the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No.41706225the National Key R&D Program of China under contract No.2018YFA0605701the Impact and Response of Antarctic Seas to Climate Change under contract No.IRASCC 1-02-01Bthe Shenlan Program funded by Shanghai Jiao Tong University under contract No.SL2020MS021the fund from Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Polar Research.
文摘The Southern Ocean is a critical component in the Earth system by dominating the global heat and anthropogenic carbon uptake and supplying heat to melt the largest ice sheet.Variability and changes in the water masses of the Southern Ocean are thus important to the global energy and water cycles,carbon cycling,and sea-level change.In this article,we review the recent progress on understanding the variability and changes in the four major water masses in the Southern Ocean,including Subantarctic Mode Water,Antarctic Intermediate Water,Circumpolar Deep Water and Antarctic Bottom Water.Subantarctic Mode Water and Antarctic Intermediate Water show statistically significant strong circumpolar shoaling,warming,and density reductions since 1970s,indicating that signals of global warming have entered the interior ocean.Meanwhile,strong regional variability of Subantarctic Mode Water and Antarctic Intermediate Water responding to surface buoyancy forcing and westerly winds is attracting more attention.Circumpolar Deep Water is an important modulator of heat content and nutrient concentrations on continental shelves around Antarctica and has made significant contributions to the basal melting of Antarctic ice shelves.Since the late 1950s,a long-term freshening trend in Antarctic Bottom Water in the Ross Sea and its downstream region has been observed and is mainly attributed to the accelerated basal melting of ice shelves in West Antarctica.The shrinking of Antarctic Bottom Water in the Weddell Sea during 1992–2020 has also been revealed and is attributed to reduced sea ice production over the southern Weddell continental shelf related to the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation and the variability in the Amundsen Sea Low.Though significant advances have been achieved,there is an urgent need to enhance and improve both observations and model performances for better understandings and projections of the formation,transformation,and transport of the water masses in the Southern Ocean.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.42006018,42276009,42376199)the Open Fund Project of the Key Laboratory of Ocean Observation and Information of Hainan Province(No.HKLOOI-OF-2023-03)the Tianjin Natural Science Foundation(Nos.21JCYBJC00500,21JCQNJC00590)。
文摘Frequent typhoons can significantly change the temperature,nutrient availability,and phytoplankton biomass in marginal seas.The oceanic response to typhoons is usually influenced by the features of the typhoon,among which the translational speed is critically important.By using a high resolution coupled physical-biological model,we investigated the response of the Yellow and East China seas(YECS)to two typhoons at different translational speeds,Muifa in August 2011 and Bolaven in August 2012.The model well reproduced the spatial and temporal variations of temperature,chlorophyll-a concentration over the YECS.Results show that typhoons with slower translational speeds uplift more deep water,leading to a more significant oceanic response.Divergence and convergence caused nutrient fluxes in opposite directions in the surface and bottom layers.Moreover,the nutrient flux in the bottom layer was greater than that in the surface layer.These phenomena are closely related to the spatial distribution of nutrients.Further studies show that the degree of ocean response to typhoons is highly correlated with the initial conditions of physical and biological elements of the upper ocean before the typhoon,as well as with ocean structure.Pretyphoon initial conditions of oceanic physical and ecological elements,mixed layer depth,and potential energy anomalies can all alter the degree of typhoon-induced oceanic response.This study emphasizes the important roles of the translational speed of typhoons and the initial oceanic conditions in the oceanic response to typhoons.
文摘In November 1984,China launched its first expedition to the Southern Ocean and the Antarctic continent,culminating in the establishment of its first year-round research station—Great Wall Station—on the Antarctic Peninsula in February 1985.Forty years later,in February 2024,China’s fifth research station,Qinling Station,commenced operations on Inexpress-ible Island near Terra Nova Bay.
基金Supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFC1402000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41406008,41706022)+2 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.201762032)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province(No.ZR2014DQ023)the SRF for ROCS,SEM[2014] No.1685
文摘Severe hypoxia was observed in the submarine canyon to the east of the Changjiang estuary in July 14, 2015, two days after typhoon Chan-hom. The oxygen concentration reached as low as 2.0 mg/L and occupied a water column of about 25 m. A ROMS model was con?gured to explore the underlying physical processes causing the formation of hypoxia. Chan-hom passed through the Changjiang estuary during the neap tide. The strati?cation was completely destroyed in the shallow nearshore region when typhoon passing. However, it was maintained in the deep canyon, though the surface mixed layer was largely deepened. The residual water in the deep canyon is considered to be the possible source of the later hypoxia. After Chan-hom departure, not only the low salinity plume water spread further of fshore, but also the sea surface temperature(SST) rewarmed quickly. Both changes helped strengthen the strati?cation and facilitate the formation of hypoxia. It was found that the surface heat ?ux, especially the solar short wave radiation dominated the surface re-warming, the of fshore advection of the warmer Changjiang Diluted Water(CDW) also played a role. In addition to the residual water in the deep canyon, the Taiwan Warm Current(TWC) was found to ?ow into the deep canyon pre-and soon post-Chan-hom, which was considered to be the original source of the hypoxia water.
基金supported by the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41330960)the Global Change Research Program of China (No. 2015CB953900)
文摘In order to study the temporal variations of correlations between two time series,a running correlation coefficient(RCC)could be used.An RCC is calculated for a given time window,and the window is then moved sequentially through time.The current calculation method for RCCs is based on the general definition of the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient,calculated with the data within the time window,which we call the local running correlation coefficient(LRCC).The LRCC is calculated via the two anomalies corresponding to the two local means,meanwhile,the local means also vary.It is cleared up that the LRCC reflects only the correlation between the two anomalies within the time window but fails to exhibit the contributions of the two varying means.To address this problem,two unchanged means obtained from all available data are adopted to calculate an RCC,which is called the synthetic running correlation coefficient(SRCC).When the anomaly variations are dominant,the two RCCs are similar.However,when the variations of the means are dominant,the difference between the two RCCs becomes obvious.The SRCC reflects the correlations of both the anomaly variations and the variations of the means.Therefore,the SRCCs from different time points are intercomparable.A criterion for the superiority of the RCC algorithm is that the average value of the RCC should be close to the global correlation coefficient calculated using all data.The SRCC always meets this criterion,while the LRCC sometimes fails.Therefore,the SRCC is better than the LRCC for running correlations.We suggest using the SRCC to calculate the RCCs.
基金supported by the Ocean Public Welfare Scientific Research Project (No. 201405029-4)
文摘This study investigates the migration and distribution of the warm-temperate fish Nibea albiflora. Their spawning migration and wintering migratory routes within in the Yellow Sea are described in detail. Considering the main physical features and environment of the Yellow Sea, it appears to be have one wintering ground and three migratory routes from the wintering ground to the spawning grounds. The fish begin to migrate from the wintering ground to the spawning grounds in the northwest region of the Yellow Sea in late March. The Yellow Sea has three spawning grounds. The first is located near the Yalu River on the Liaodong Peninsula and the second one is located in Rushan Bay of Shandong Peninsula. The third spawning ground is located in Haizhou Bay in the southern region of the Yellow Sea. This study found that the temperature of the Yellow Sea influences the migration of N. albiflora, and that the migratory routes coincide with the thermal fronts in the sea. Nutrients for juvenile fish are taken from the coastal upwelling area. Chlorophyll is a good environmental indicator of phytoplankton biomass and thereby provides the status of biological resources. Different types of sediment in near-shore zones are also of practical significance for the growth of fish. The study of the effects of marine environments on the migration of various fishes is not only significant to the fishing industry, but can also provide a scientific basis for the understanding of the ecological implications of the relevant physical processes.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41276010)the Ministry of Education of China(No.20130132130002)
文摘A laboratory experiment was conducted inside a wind wave tank to investigate the wave induced turbulence. In this experiment, the wave surface elevation and velocity beneath the water surface were measured simultaneously to investigate the relation between the wave status and wave induced turbulence. The profile of the turbulent dissipation rate and Reynolds stress were calculated using experimental data. The effect of the wave status on turbulence is investigated with regard to the wind wave, swell, and mixed wave conditions. It was depicted that the turbulence decreased with increasing depth from the water surface and that the turbulence that was induced by a wave with larger wavelength and wave height is much stronger for the same wave status. Finally, we observed that the wind wave is more effective in activating the wave induced turbulence.
基金supported by the Shandong Young Scientists Research Awards under grant BS2011HZ021
文摘The linkage between physical and biological processes is studied by applying a one-dimensional physical-biological coupled model to the Sargasso Sea. The physical model is the Princeton Ocean Model and the biological model is a five-component system including phytoplankton, zooplankton, nitrate, ammonium, and detritus. The coupling between the physical and biological model is accomplished through vertical mixing which is parameterized by the level 2.5 Mellor and Yamada turbulence closure scheme. The coupled model investigates the annual cycle of ecosystem production and the response to external forcing, such as heat flux, wind stress, and surface salinity, and the relative importance of physical processes in affecting the ecosystem. Sensitivity experiments are also carried out, which provide information on how the model bio-chemical parameters affect the biological system. The computed seasonal cycles compare reasonably well with the observations of the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study(BATS). The spring bloom of phytoplankton occurs in March and April, right after the weakening of the winter mixing and before the establishment of the summer stratification. The bloom of zooplankton occurs about two weeks after the bloom of phytoplankton. The sensitivity experiments show that zooplankton is more sensitive to the variations of biochemical parameters than phytoplankton.
