A 3-D Finite-Volume Coastal Ocean Model was applied in the Bohai Sea,especially near the Yellow River estuary, to simulate the tides, tidal currents, residualcurrents and shear fronts, using unstructured triangular gr...A 3-D Finite-Volume Coastal Ocean Model was applied in the Bohai Sea,especially near the Yellow River estuary, to simulate the tides, tidal currents, residualcurrents and shear fronts, using unstructured triangular grids. In the case of anaccurate simulation of the tides and tidal currents in the Bohai Sea, this article focuseson the Yellow River mouth. The type of tides is irregular semi-diurnal and the type oftidal currents is the reciprocating flow, mostly parallel to the coastline. The tide inducedeulerian residual currents are a couple of eddies on each side of the river mouth, withthe anticlockwise on the left side and clockwise on the other side, and both of theeddies are enhanced by the Yellow River runoff. Two patterns of shear fronts areidentified at the conversion between the flood and ebb tidal phase. The results suggestthat the shear fronts be generated in the shallow water because the tidal phase of thecoastal area is ahead of the deeper seaward area, then moves seaward and finallydisappears 1-2 hours later.展开更多
In this paper,the authors explored the presence of shear fronts between the Yellow Sea Coastal Current(YSCC) and the monsoon-strengthened Yellow Sea Warm Current(YSWC) in winter and their sedimentary effects within th...In this paper,the authors explored the presence of shear fronts between the Yellow Sea Coastal Current(YSCC) and the monsoon-strengthened Yellow Sea Warm Current(YSWC) in winter and their sedimentary effects within the shear zone based on a fully validated numerical model.This work added the wind force to a tidal model during simulating the winter baroclinic circulation in the Yellow Sea.The results indicate that the YSWC is significantly strengthened by wind-driven compensation due to a northeast monsoon during winter time.When this warm current encounters the North Shandong-South Yellow Sea coastal current,there is a strong reverse shear action between the two current systems,forming a reverse-S-shaped shear front that begins near 34?N in the south and extends to approximately 38?N,with an overall length of over 600 km.The main driving force for the formation of this shear front derives from the circulation system with the reverse flow.In the shear zone,temperature and salinity gradients increase,flow velocities are relatively small and the flow direction on one side of the shear zone is opposite to that on the other side.The vertical circulation structure is complicated,consisting of a series of meso-and small-scale anti-clockwise eddies.Particularly,this shear effect significantly hinders the horizontal exchange of coastal sediments carried by warm currents,resulting in fine sediments deposition due to the weak hydrodynamic regime.展开更多
基金supported by National Key Technology Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2014BAB12B02)Key Technologies Research and Development Program of Tianjin (14ZCZDSF00012)
文摘A 3-D Finite-Volume Coastal Ocean Model was applied in the Bohai Sea,especially near the Yellow River estuary, to simulate the tides, tidal currents, residualcurrents and shear fronts, using unstructured triangular grids. In the case of anaccurate simulation of the tides and tidal currents in the Bohai Sea, this article focuseson the Yellow River mouth. The type of tides is irregular semi-diurnal and the type oftidal currents is the reciprocating flow, mostly parallel to the coastline. The tide inducedeulerian residual currents are a couple of eddies on each side of the river mouth, withthe anticlockwise on the left side and clockwise on the other side, and both of theeddies are enhanced by the Yellow River runoff. Two patterns of shear fronts areidentified at the conversion between the flood and ebb tidal phase. The results suggestthat the shear fronts be generated in the shallow water because the tidal phase of thecoastal area is ahead of the deeper seaward area, then moves seaward and finallydisappears 1-2 hours later.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.41030856,41406081,41476030)the Shandong Natural Science Fund (BS2012 HZ022)+1 种基金the Project of Taishan Scholarsthe Project of Ocean-Land interaction and coastal geological hazard (GZH201100203)
文摘In this paper,the authors explored the presence of shear fronts between the Yellow Sea Coastal Current(YSCC) and the monsoon-strengthened Yellow Sea Warm Current(YSWC) in winter and their sedimentary effects within the shear zone based on a fully validated numerical model.This work added the wind force to a tidal model during simulating the winter baroclinic circulation in the Yellow Sea.The results indicate that the YSWC is significantly strengthened by wind-driven compensation due to a northeast monsoon during winter time.When this warm current encounters the North Shandong-South Yellow Sea coastal current,there is a strong reverse shear action between the two current systems,forming a reverse-S-shaped shear front that begins near 34?N in the south and extends to approximately 38?N,with an overall length of over 600 km.The main driving force for the formation of this shear front derives from the circulation system with the reverse flow.In the shear zone,temperature and salinity gradients increase,flow velocities are relatively small and the flow direction on one side of the shear zone is opposite to that on the other side.The vertical circulation structure is complicated,consisting of a series of meso-and small-scale anti-clockwise eddies.Particularly,this shear effect significantly hinders the horizontal exchange of coastal sediments carried by warm currents,resulting in fine sediments deposition due to the weak hydrodynamic regime.
