Many typhoons pass through the East China Sea(ECS)and the oceanic responses to typhoons on the ECS shelf are very energetic.However,these responses are not well studied because of the complicated background oceanic en...Many typhoons pass through the East China Sea(ECS)and the oceanic responses to typhoons on the ECS shelf are very energetic.However,these responses are not well studied because of the complicated background oceanic environment.The sea surface temperature(SST)response to a severe Typhoon Rananim in August 2004 on the ECS shelf was observed by the merged cloud-penetrating microwave and infrared SST data.The observed SST response shows an extensive SST cooling with a maximum cooling of 3°C on the ECS shelf and the SST cooling lags the typhoon by about one day.A numerical model is designed to simulate the oceanic responses to Rananim.The numerical model reasonably simulates the observed SST response and thereby provides a more comprehensive investigation on the oceanic temperature and current responses.The simulation shows that Rananim deepens the ocean mix layer by more than 10 m on the ECS shelf and causes a cooling in the whole mixed layer.Both upwelling and entrainment are responsible for the cooling.Rananim significantly deforms the background Taiwan Warm Current on the ECS shelf and generates strong Ekman current at the surface.After the typhoon disappears,the surface current rotates clockwise and vertically,the current is featured by near inertial oscillation with upward propagating phase.展开更多
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 11572283,11602179 and 41806028the National Key Research and Development Program of China under contract No.2017YFC1403300the Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean under contract No.20110518-5。
文摘Many typhoons pass through the East China Sea(ECS)and the oceanic responses to typhoons on the ECS shelf are very energetic.However,these responses are not well studied because of the complicated background oceanic environment.The sea surface temperature(SST)response to a severe Typhoon Rananim in August 2004 on the ECS shelf was observed by the merged cloud-penetrating microwave and infrared SST data.The observed SST response shows an extensive SST cooling with a maximum cooling of 3°C on the ECS shelf and the SST cooling lags the typhoon by about one day.A numerical model is designed to simulate the oceanic responses to Rananim.The numerical model reasonably simulates the observed SST response and thereby provides a more comprehensive investigation on the oceanic temperature and current responses.The simulation shows that Rananim deepens the ocean mix layer by more than 10 m on the ECS shelf and causes a cooling in the whole mixed layer.Both upwelling and entrainment are responsible for the cooling.Rananim significantly deforms the background Taiwan Warm Current on the ECS shelf and generates strong Ekman current at the surface.After the typhoon disappears,the surface current rotates clockwise and vertically,the current is featured by near inertial oscillation with upward propagating phase.
