High-Frequency Observations of Oceanic Internal Waves from Geostationary Orbit Satellites

The Geostationary Orbiting Satellite(GOS)offers extensive opportunities for the study of oceanic internal waves(IWs)through high-frequency observations.In this study,the spatial and temporal distributions of sunglint from 3 GOSs(Himawari-8,FY-4A,and GK-2A)were calculated,and the observation times of IWs in various seas were also recorded.The GOS can continuously observe IWs at a frequency of 10 min for 2 to 3 h.As demonstrated by the application to IWs in the Andaman Sea,the GOS effectively captures the surface features of IWs,including soliton number,the length and wavelength of the leading wave,and the speed and direction of propagation.Furthermore,the GOS can be used to track the dynamic processes of IWs within a short duration and provide more accurate“instantaneous”phase speeds.In the case of the Indonesian Seas,the average error of the GOS-derived phase speeds is 0.13 m/s compared to the Korteweg–de Vries phase speeds.Additionally,a 7-day observation from FY-4A suggests the possibility of diurnal IWs in the Sulu Sea.The advent of high-temporal-resolution GOS provides an enriched dataset for oceanic IW studies,which will contribute greatly to a more comprehensive understanding of IW mechanisms.

odeling of oil spill beaching along the coast of the Bohai Sea, China

On June 4 and 17, 201 I, two separate oil spill accidents occurred at platforms B and C of the Penglai 19- 3 oilfield located in the Bohai Sea, China. Based on the initial oil spill locations detected from the first available Synthetic Aperture Radar （SAR） image acquired on June 11, 2011, we performed a numerical experiment to simulate the potential oil spill beaching area with the General NOAA Operational Modeling Environment （GNOME） model. The model was driven by ocean surface currents from an operational ocean model （Navy Coastal Ocean Model） and surface winds from operational scatterometer measurements （the Advanced Scatterom- eter）. Under the forcing of wind and ocean currents, some of the oil spills reached land along the coast of Qinhuangdao within 12 days. The results also demonstrate that the ocean currents are likely to carry the remaining oil spills along the Bohai coast towards the northeast. The predicted oil spill beaching area was verified by reported in-situ measurements and former studies based on MODIS observations.