Effects of the Yellow Sea Warm Current on the winter temperature distribution in a numerical model

doi:10.1029/2005JC003171

	Effects of the Yellow Sea Warm Current on the winter temperature distribution in a numerical model
	Ma, Jian ; Qiao, Fangli ; Xia, Changshui ; Kim, Chang S.
刊名	JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
	2006-09-13
卷号	111 期号:C11
ISSN号	0148-0227
DOI	10.1029/2005JC003171
英文摘要	[1] The temperature distribution and circulation patterns in the Yellow Sea (YS) are examined by using a wave-tide-circulation coupled numerical model. This model sufficiently reproduces the variation of the warm tongue structure of the Yellow Sea Warm Current (YSWC) from the double branches flowing along the YS Trough and the western 60 m isobath in January to the single stream along the western temperature front in March. This is observed in both the long-term monthly climatology and the satellite-based sea surface temperature images in recent years. Examining the local heat balance in the numerical model during the entire cooling period, it is found that the YSWC has a very important influence on the YS warm tongue structure. Compared with the surface cooling, the influence of the advection is small in the coastal shallow area but large in the deep warm tongue area ( up to 50% of the magnitude of heat flux). Although bathymetry is the essential factor which causes the temperature front, the YSWC is the key factor which positions, shapes, and maintains the warm tongue structure. This helps to affirm the existence of the YSWC, at least as a monthly mean flow. However, more high-resolution current observations in deeper layers west of Cheju Island and the western fork of the YS Trough are needed to confirm the existence of the YSWC and its characteristic timescale in the real YS.
WOS关键词	EAST CHINA SEAS ; OCEAN ; KUROSHIO
WOS研究方向	Oceanography
语种	英语
出版者	AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
WOS记录号	WOS:000240645400001
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.fio.com.cn:8080/handle/2SI8HI0U/26408]
专题	自然资源部第一海洋研究所
通讯作者	Ma, Jian
作者单位	1.Korea Ocean Res & Dev Inst, Ansan 426744, South Korea 2.State Ocean Adm, Inst Oceanog 1, Key Lab Marine Sci & Numer Modeling, Qingdao 266061, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ma, Jian,Qiao, Fangli,Xia, Changshui,et al. Effects of the Yellow Sea Warm Current on the winter temperature distribution in a numerical model[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS,2006,111(C11).
APA	Ma, Jian,Qiao, Fangli,Xia, Changshui,&Kim, Chang S..(2006).Effects of the Yellow Sea Warm Current on the winter temperature distribution in a numerical model.JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS,111(C11).
MLA	Ma, Jian,et al."Effects of the Yellow Sea Warm Current on the winter temperature distribution in a numerical model".JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS 111.C11(2006).