Coastal upwelling is significant for marine ecosystems by lifting nutrient-rich deep waters into the euphotic zone,thereby increasing primary and secondary productivity.The satellite observations show that the norther...Coastal upwelling is significant for marine ecosystems by lifting nutrient-rich deep waters into the euphotic zone,thereby increasing primary and secondary productivity.The satellite observations show that the northern Arafura Sea(NAS),especially in the coastal region,features high chlorophyll-a(chl-a)concentrations,implying a strong coastal upwelling.However,coastal upwelling in the NAS has not received much attention.Based on a semi-automatic image processing technology,the seasonal and interannual variability of coastal upwelling in the NAS are investigated in this study using satellite-observed sea surface temperature(SST)and wind data.The results suggest that there are seasonal coastal upwelling events in the NAS modulated by upwelling-favorable southeast monsoon(SEM).The annual mean days,mean area,and annual mean intensity of coastal upwelling events during the SEM season are 92 days,6514 km^(2),and-5.31×10^(5),respectively,while the corresponding values during the northwest monsoon(NWM)season are 32 days,5569 km^(2),and-1.41×10^(5).It is also found that the SEM coastal upwelling in the NAS displays prominent interannual variability.The strong upwelling events are found in 2010,2013,2016,and 2017 when the southeast monsoon winds were weaker.Further analysis suggests that at the interannual scale,the upwelling index(UI)averaged in the SEM season is negatively correlated with that of three upwelling indicators.This can be attributed to the limitation of onshore geostrophic flow which is evidenced by the negative correlation between the UI and the alongshore difference in sea surface height.This study highlights the important role of the southeast monsoon in the temporal variability of coastal upwelling in the NAS.展开更多
In this paper,the existence and propagation characteristics of Rossby waves in a two-layer cylindrical fluid are studied.Firstly,based on the dimensionless baroclinic quasi-geostrophic vortex equations including exoge...In this paper,the existence and propagation characteristics of Rossby waves in a two-layer cylindrical fluid are studied.Firstly,based on the dimensionless baroclinic quasi-geostrophic vortex equations including exogenous and dissipative,we derive new(2+1)-dimensional coupled Boussinesq equations describing wave propagation in polar coordinates by employing a multiscale analysis and perturbation method.Then,the Lie symmetries and conservation laws of the coupled Boussinesq equations are analyzed.Subsequently,by using the(G’/G)-expansion method,the exact solutions of the(2+1)-dimensional coupled Boussinesq equations are obtained.Finally,the effects of coupling term coefficients on the propagation characteristics of Rossby waves are analyzed.展开更多
基金Supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB 42000000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.92258301)+2 种基金the Scientific and Technological Innovation Project financially supported by Laoshan Laboratory(No.LSKJ202202502)the CAS Key Deployment Project of Center for Ocean Mega-Research of Science(No.COMS2020Q07)the CAS-CSIRO Jointly Project(No.133244KYSB20190031)。
文摘Coastal upwelling is significant for marine ecosystems by lifting nutrient-rich deep waters into the euphotic zone,thereby increasing primary and secondary productivity.The satellite observations show that the northern Arafura Sea(NAS),especially in the coastal region,features high chlorophyll-a(chl-a)concentrations,implying a strong coastal upwelling.However,coastal upwelling in the NAS has not received much attention.Based on a semi-automatic image processing technology,the seasonal and interannual variability of coastal upwelling in the NAS are investigated in this study using satellite-observed sea surface temperature(SST)and wind data.The results suggest that there are seasonal coastal upwelling events in the NAS modulated by upwelling-favorable southeast monsoon(SEM).The annual mean days,mean area,and annual mean intensity of coastal upwelling events during the SEM season are 92 days,6514 km^(2),and-5.31×10^(5),respectively,while the corresponding values during the northwest monsoon(NWM)season are 32 days,5569 km^(2),and-1.41×10^(5).It is also found that the SEM coastal upwelling in the NAS displays prominent interannual variability.The strong upwelling events are found in 2010,2013,2016,and 2017 when the southeast monsoon winds were weaker.Further analysis suggests that at the interannual scale,the upwelling index(UI)averaged in the SEM season is negatively correlated with that of three upwelling indicators.This can be attributed to the limitation of onshore geostrophic flow which is evidenced by the negative correlation between the UI and the alongshore difference in sea surface height.This study highlights the important role of the southeast monsoon in the temporal variability of coastal upwelling in the NAS.
基金Supported by the Nature Science Foundation of Shandong Province of China(ZR2018MA017)。
文摘In this paper,the existence and propagation characteristics of Rossby waves in a two-layer cylindrical fluid are studied.Firstly,based on the dimensionless baroclinic quasi-geostrophic vortex equations including exogenous and dissipative,we derive new(2+1)-dimensional coupled Boussinesq equations describing wave propagation in polar coordinates by employing a multiscale analysis and perturbation method.Then,the Lie symmetries and conservation laws of the coupled Boussinesq equations are analyzed.Subsequently,by using the(G’/G)-expansion method,the exact solutions of the(2+1)-dimensional coupled Boussinesq equations are obtained.Finally,the effects of coupling term coefficients on the propagation characteristics of Rossby waves are analyzed.
