The distribution and inter-annual variation of water masses on the Bering Sea shelf in summer

作     者：LIU Na LIN Lina WANG Yingjie CHEN Hongxia HE Yan 

作者机构：The First Institute of OceanographyState Oceanic Administration 

出 版 物：《Acta Oceanologica Sinica》 (海洋学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第35卷第11期

页      面：59-67页

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学科分类：07[理学] 0707[理学-海洋科学] 

基　　金：The Basic Research Operating Funds of The First Institute of Oceanography,State Oceanic Administration of China under contact Nos 2014T02 and 2014G02 the Chinese Polar Environment Comprehensive Investigation and Assessment Programmes,State Oceanic Administration of China under contact Nos CHINARE2016-03-01 and CHINARE2016-04-03 the Public Science and Technology Research Fund Project of Ocean under contact No.201205007 

主　　题：Bering Sea shelf water mass inter-annual variation Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition 

摘      要：On the basis of the CTD data obtained within the Bering Sea shelf by the Second to Sixth Chinese National Arctic Research Expedition in the summers of 2003, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014, the classification and interannual variation of water masses on the central Bering Sea shelf and the northern Bering Sea shelf are analyzed. The results indicate that there are both connection and difference between two regions in hydrological features. On the central Bering Sea shelf, there are mainly four types of water masses distribute orderly from the slope to the coast of Alaska： Bering Slope Current Water（BSCW）, MW（Mixed Water）, Bering Shelf Water（BSW） and Alaska Coastal Water（ACW）. In summer, BSW can be divided into Bering Shelf Surface Water（BSW_S） and Bering Shelf Cold Water（BSW_C）. On the northern Bering Sea shelf near the Bering Strait,it contains Anadyr Water（AW）, BSW and ACW from west to east. But the spatial-temporal features are also remarkable in each region. On the central shelf, the BSCW is saltiest and occupies the west of 177°W, which has the highest salinity in 2014. The BSW_C is the coldest water mass and warmest in 2014; the ACW is freshest and mainly occupies the east of 170°W, which has the highest temperature and salinity in 2012. On the northern Bering Sea shelf near the Bering Strait, the AW is saltiest with temperature decreasing sharply compared with BSCW on the central shelf. In the process of moving northward to the Bering Strait, the AW demonstrates a trend of eastward expansion. The ACW is freshest but saltier than the ACW on the central shelf,which is usually located above the BSW and is saltiest in 2014. The BSW distributes between the AW and the ACW and coldest in 2012, but the cold water of the BSW_C on the central shelf, whose temperature less than 0°C, does not exist on the northern shelf. Although there are so many changes, the respond to a climate change is synchronized in the both regions, which can be divided into the warm years（2003 and 201