A numerical study of the wintertime double-warm-tongue structure in the Huanghai(Yellow) Sea
A numerical study of the wintertime double-warm-tongue structure in the Huanghai(Yellow) Sea作者机构:College of Physical and Environmental Oceanography Ocean University of China Qingdao 266003 China First Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration Qingdao 266061 China
出 版 物:《Acta Oceanologica Sinica》 (海洋学报(英文版))
年 卷 期:2009年第28卷第4期
页 面:8-15页
核心收录:
学科分类:070801[理学-固体地球物理学] 07[理学] 070601[理学-气象学] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 0706[理学-大气科学]
基 金:The National Key Basic Research Program of China under contract 2006CB403605 the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos.40806016 and 40706016 China 908–project under contract No. 908–02–01–03
主 题:two-warm-tongue structure Huanghai Sea Warm Current Huanghai Sea Cold Water Mass POM
摘 要:Satellite remote sensing observations show that during winter, sea surface temperature (SST) presents the structure of double warm tongues in the Huanghai Sea trough: the western and the eastern warm tongues. Numerical experiments based on POM are carried out to study the forming mechanism of this thermal structure and its relation to the Huanghai Sea Warm Current (HSWC). The control experiment reproduces this phenomenon quite well, and comparing experiments investigate the effect of wind and tide. It is found that the western warm tongue is mainly caused by the HSWC, which can be strengthened by wintertime southward wind. The eastern warm tongue develops under the influence of an anti-clockwise circulation which is induced by the temperature front of the Huanghai Sea Cold Water Mass (HSCWM) in summer and autumn. In the eastern portion of this circulation, the northward current carries warm water to the north, forming the eastern warm tongue, which remains till winter.