Westward intensification in marginal seas

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	Westward intensification in marginal seas
	Chen, GX ; Xue, HJ
刊名	OCEAN DYNAMICS
	2014
卷号	64 期号:3 页码:337-345
关键词	Western boundary current South China Sea Gulf of Mexico Japan/East Sea Inflow Topography
ISSN号	1616-7341
通讯作者	chengengxin@scsio.ac.cn
中文摘要	An idealized model was used to examine why the strong western boundary current (WBC) is observed in the South China Sea (SCS) but not in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) and Japan/East Sea (JES). Results suggested that the stronger WBC in the SCS is mainly attributed to the direct contribution of the inflow and the strong monsoon. Although the Gulf Stream transports a large amount of water into the GOM, the passage in the southeast corner guides the inflow out of the gulf and inhibits the inflow from intensifying the WBC. Meanwhile, the wind stress in the GOM is weakest among the three marginal seas. The meridional ocean ridge and the particular layout of the continental slope of JES prevent the whole basin from participating in the westward intensification. Besides, the throughflow has adverse effects on the formulation of WBC in JES. The variation of Coriolis parameter with latitude leads to the westward intensification in marginal seas. However, a strong WBC cannot be observed in the absence of reasonable collocation of wind, inflow, and topography.
学科主题	Oceanography
收录类别	SCI
资助信息	Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA11010103, SQ201302]; National Natural Science Foundation of China [41106027, 41206008, 91228202]; Guangzhou City Project for the Pearl River New Star in Science and Technology [2013J2200087]
原文出处	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
WOS记录号	WOS:000331980600003
公开日期	2014-12-11
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.scsio.ac.cn/handle/344004/10571]
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	Chen, GX,Xue, HJ. Westward intensification in marginal seas[J]. OCEAN DYNAMICS,2014,64(3):337-345.
APA	Chen, GX,&Xue, HJ.(2014).Westward intensification in marginal seas.OCEAN DYNAMICS,64(3),337-345.
MLA	Chen, GX,et al."Westward intensification in marginal seas".OCEAN DYNAMICS 64.3(2014):337-345.