Reversal process of the South China Sea western boundary current in autumn 2011

doi:10.1007/s00343-016-4388-7

	Reversal process of the South China Sea western boundary current in autumn 2011
	Zhang Zhixin 1; Guo Jingsong 2; Guo Binghuo 2
刊名	Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology
	2016
卷号	34 期号:3 页码:608-618
关键词	South China Sea western boundary current reversal process northeast monsoon
ISSN号	0254-4059
DOI	10.1007/s00343-016-4388-7
英文摘要	Using merged sea level anomaly and absolute geostrophic velocity products from satellite altimetry and Argos drifter data, we analyzed the reversal process of the South China Sea (SCS) western boundary current (SCSwbc) from a summer to winter pattern in 2011 and important oceanic phenomena during this process. Results show that the outbreak time of the northeast monsoon over the southern SCS lagged that over the northern SCS by about 1 month. During the SCS monsoon reversal period, the SCSwbc reversed rapidly into the winter pattern at the Guangdong continental slope in late September. Subsequently, the southward Vietnam coastal boundary current strengthened. However, the northward Natuna Current maintained a summer state until mid-October. Thus, the balance between the southward and northward currents was lost when they met, their junction moved gradually southward. However, a loop current formed southeast of Vietnam because the main stream of the Vietnam Offshore Current (VOC) remained near its original latitude. Meanwhile, the VOC and associated dipole circulation system strengthened. After mid- October, the northward Natuna Current began to weaken, the loop current finally shed, becoming a cool ring. The VOC and its associated dipole sub-basin circulation system also weakened gradually until it disappeared.
资助项目	Supported by the UNESCO-IOC/WESTPAC Project ; the Special Fund of Chinese Central Government for Basic Scientific Research Operations in Commonweal Research Institutes ; the Open Foundation of the Key Laboratory of Data Analysis and Applications, State Oceanic Administration
WOS关键词	UPPER LAYER CIRCULATION ; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY ; VARIABILITY ; DYNAMICS ; PROGRESS ; EDDIES ; MODEL
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种	英语
CSCD记录号	CSCD:5704409
WOS记录号	WOS:000375677600021
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.fio.com.cn:8080/handle/2SI8HI0U/29773]
专题	自然资源部第一海洋研究所
作者单位	1.College of Physical and Environmental Oceanography, Ocean University of China, State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, Qingdao, Shandong 266100, China 2.First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Qingdao, Shandong 266061, China 3.First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling, State Oceanic Administration (SOA), Qingdao, Shandong 266061, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang Zhixin,Guo Jingsong,Guo Binghuo. Reversal process of the South China Sea western boundary current in autumn 2011[J]. Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2016,34(3):608-618.
APA	Zhang Zhixin,Guo Jingsong,&Guo Binghuo.(2016).Reversal process of the South China Sea western boundary current in autumn 2011.Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,34(3),608-618.
MLA	Zhang Zhixin,et al."Reversal process of the South China Sea western boundary current in autumn 2011".Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology 34.3(2016):608-618.