Effect of potential vorticity flux on the circulation in the South China Sea | |
Zhu, Yaohua1,2; Sun, Junchuan1,2; Wang, Yonggang1,2; Wei, Zexun1,2; Yang, Dezhou3; Qu, Tangdong1,4 | |
刊名 | JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS |
2017-08-01 | |
卷号 | 122期号:8页码:6454-6469 |
关键词 | Potential Vorticity Circulation South China Sea Density Layers |
DOI | 10.1002/2016JC012375 |
文献子类 | Article |
英文摘要 | This study analyzes temperature and salinity products from the U.S. Navy Generalized Digital Environment Model. To avoid the fictitious assumption of no-motion reference level, a P-vector inverse method is employed to derive geostrophic velocity. Line integral of geostrophic velocity shows evidence for the existence of a sandwiched circulation in the South China Sea (SCS), i.e., cyclonic circulation in the subsurface and deep layers and anticyclonic in the intermediate layer. To reveal the factors responsible for the sandwiched circulation, we derive the potential vorticity equation based on a four-and-a-half-layer quasi-geostrophic model and apply theoretical potential vorticity constraint to density layers. The result shows that the sandwiched circulation is largely induced by planetary potential vorticity flux through lateral boundaries, mainly the Luzon Strait. This dynamical mechanism lies in the fact that the net potential vorticity inflow in the subsurface and deep layers leads to a positive layer-average vorticity in the SCS basin, yielding vortex stretching and a cyclonic basin-wide circulation. On the contrary, the net potential vorticity outflow in the intermediate layer induces a negative layer-average vorticity, generating an anticyclonic basin-wide circulation in the SCS. Furthermore, by illustrating different consequence from depth/density layers, we clarify that density layers are essential for applying theoretical potential vorticity constraint to the isolated deep SCS basin. |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000410790600023 |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
版本 | 出版稿 |
源URL | [http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/143217] |
专题 | 海洋研究所_海洋环流与波动重点实验室 |
作者单位 | 1.State Ocean Adm, Inst Oceanog 1, Key Lab Marine Sci & Numer Modeling, Qingdao, Peoples R China 2.Qingdao Natl Lab Marine Sci & Technol, Lab Reg Oceanog & Numer Modeling, Qingdao, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Key Lab Ocean Circulat & Waves, Qingdao, Peoples R China 4.Univ Calif Los Angeles, Joint Inst Reg Earth Syst Sci & Engn, Los Angeles, CA USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhu, Yaohua,Sun, Junchuan,Wang, Yonggang,et al. Effect of potential vorticity flux on the circulation in the South China Sea[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS,2017,122(8):6454-6469. |
APA | Zhu, Yaohua,Sun, Junchuan,Wang, Yonggang,Wei, Zexun,Yang, Dezhou,&Qu, Tangdong.(2017).Effect of potential vorticity flux on the circulation in the South China Sea.JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS,122(8),6454-6469. |
MLA | Zhu, Yaohua,et al."Effect of potential vorticity flux on the circulation in the South China Sea".JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS 122.8(2017):6454-6469. |
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