Variability of surface circulation in the South China Sea from satellite altimeter data

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	Variability of surface circulation in the South China Sea from satellite altimeter data
	Guo, JJ ; Fang, WD ; Fang, GH ; Chen, HY
刊名	CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN
	2006
卷号	51 期号:Suppl. 2 页码:40551
关键词	South China Sea sea surface height EOF analysis time-space variability
ISSN号	1001-6538
通讯作者	wdfang@scsio.ac.cn
中文摘要	11-year satellite altimeter sea surface height (SSH) anomaly data from January 1993 to December 2003 are used to present the dominant spatial patterns and temporal variations of the South China Sea (SCS) surface circulation through Empirical Orthogonal Function (EOF) analysis. The first three EOF modes show the obvious seasonal variations of SSH in the SCS. EOF mode one is generally characterized by a basin-wide circulation. Mode two describes the double-cell basin scale circulation structure. The two cells were located off west of the Luzon Island and southeast of Vietnam, respectively. EOF mode three presents the mesoscale eddy structure in the western SCS, which develops into a strong cyclonic eddy rapidly from July to September. EOF mode one and mode three are also embedded with interannual signals, indicating that the SCS surface circulation variation is influenced by El Nino events prominently. The strong El Nino of 1997/98 obviously changed the SCS circulation structure. This study also shows that there existed a series of mesoscale eddies in the western SCS, and their temporal variation indicates intra-seasonal and interannual signals.
学科主题	Multidisciplinary Sciences
收录类别	SCI
原文出处	SCIENCE CHINA PRESS
WOS记录号	WOS:000244074100001
公开日期	2011-07-03
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.scsio.ac.cn/handle/344004/5735]
专题	南海海洋研究所_热带海洋环境国家重点实验室(LTO)
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Guo, JJ,Fang, WD,Fang, GH,et al. Variability of surface circulation in the South China Sea from satellite altimeter data[J]. CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,2006,51(Suppl. 2):40551.
APA	Guo, JJ,Fang, WD,Fang, GH,&Chen, HY.(2006).Variability of surface circulation in the South China Sea from satellite altimeter data.CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN,51(Suppl. 2),40551.
MLA	Guo, JJ,et al."Variability of surface circulation in the South China Sea from satellite altimeter data".CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN 51.Suppl. 2(2006):40551.