赤道北太平洋海水中的二氧化碳体系

根据2001年10—11月在赤道北太平洋海域(含赤道东太平洋东、西部海区和西太平洋暖池区)的调查资料,分析了该海域水体中二氧化碳体系各组分的含量及其分布状况,并对其与营养盐及碳酸钙饱和度之间的关系进行了初步探讨。结果表明,表层海水总二氧化碳(ΣCO2)含量为1.07—2.01mmol·L-1,自赤道北太平洋东部向西呈逐渐降低趋势;表层海水)高于大气二氧化碳分压平均值,表明赤道北太平洋可能为大气二氧化碳二氧化碳分压(PCO2的海水源区;海水二氧化碳体系的垂直分布主要受生物生命过程和碳酸钙沉淀与溶解过程影响。

太平洋北赤道逆流年际变化的特征及其影响因子分析

采用SODA数据资料,分析了1950—2008年太平洋北赤道逆流(NECC)的年际变化特征及其与ENSO循环的联系。研究结果表明:(1)El Nio(La Nia)盛期是NECC流量由年际异常增大(减小)到异常减小(增大)的转折点;(2)NECC流轴的纬度在El Nio(La Nia)盛期达到年际异常最南(北)端;(3)NECC流轴在深度上呈西深东浅倾斜,El Nio(La Nia)盛期倾斜最弱(强)。通过构造典型ENSO循环的海表面风应力场,驱动一层半线性约化重力数值模式,结果验证了在NECC的年际变化中海表面风应力场是关键因素,而大洋波动(Kelvin波和Rossby波)和洋流本身是海洋内部的主要动力调整机制。

LICOM3.0海洋模式中太平洋北赤道逆流的模拟偏差分析

本文用CORE-IAF(Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments–Interannual Forcing)外强迫场分别强迫LICOM3(LASG/IAP Climate System Ocean Model Version 3)和POP2(Parallel Ocean Program version 2)两个海洋模式,并分析了这两个模式中太平洋北赤道逆流(NECC)的模拟结果。我们发现LICOM3和POP2模拟的NECC强度均弱于实测,这和Sun et al.(2019)的研究结果一致,也进一步证明了海洋模式中NECC偏弱是CORE-IAF外强迫场造成的,海表风应力及对应的风应力旋度是海洋模式准确模拟NECC的最主要因子。同时,我们也分析了NECC的模拟在动力机制上的差别,这里的动力强迫项包括风应力项、平流项和余项。我们发现模式的外强迫场虽然相同,但是两个模式中各动力强迫项(风应力项、平流项和余项)对NECC模拟的影响并不完全相同。

钚同位素法示踪中国领海核爆散落物钚的主要来源与迁移途径

使用电感耦合等离子体质谱仪，对东海及冲绳海槽沉积物、南海及邻近海域以及西北太平洋表层水中^240Pu／^239Pu同位素比值进行了测定，以确定中国领海核爆散落核素钚的主要来源及迁移途径。结果显示：东海及冲绳海槽沉积物中^240Pu／^239Pu比值分布于0．24～0．31之间，南海及邻近海域以及西北太平洋表层水^240Pu／^239Pu比值也处于0．22～0．24之间，都明显高于全球大气理论沉降值0．18。根据^240Pu／^239Pu比值及其在沉积物芯中的分布特征分析，二十世纪50年代早期美国在北太平洋马绍尔群岛进行的核爆实验，被认为是中国领海及其邻近海域除全球大气沉降外的另一重要的钚的来源。模式计算显示，东海及冲绳沉积物中约55％、中国南海及其邻近海域表层水中约40％、西北太平洋表层水中约20％的钚，来自北太平洋核爆基地。北太平洋赤道环流及其在西北太平洋的分支洋流是钚自核爆地向中国领海迁移的主要通道。

Role of Equatorial Wave Transitions in Tropical Cyclogenesis over the Western North Pacific

This study associates tropical cyclone (TC) activity over the western North Pacific (WNP) with the equatorial wave transition from an interannual viewpoint, revealing that the tropical cyclogenesis mean location may be modulated by a longitudinal shift in the transition of Mixed Rossby-gravity (MRG) waves to off-equatorial tropical depression (TD) disturbances from year to year. To a large extent, the wave transition is attributable to the monsoon trough in response to the thermal state of the warm pool (WP) over the WNP. During the cold state years in the WP, the basic flow confluence region associated with the monsoon trough penetrates eastward, leading to an eastward shift in the location of the wave transition. Such an environment, in which wave accumulation and energy conversion occur, is favorable for tropical cyclogenesis; as a result, the averaged cyclogenesis location moves eastward. The condition is reserved during the warm years in the WP, resulting in the prominent westward-retreating mean TC formation.

Seasonal variability of the North Equatorial Current transport in the western Pacific Ocean

Seasonal variability of the North Equatorial Current （NEC） transport in the western Pacific Ocean is investigated with ECMWF Ocean Analysis/Reanalysis System 3 （eRA-S3）. The result shows that NEC transport （NT） across different longitudes in the research area shows a similar double-peak structure, with two maxima （in summer and winter）, and two minima （in spring and autumn）. This kind of structure can also be found in NEC geostrophic transport （NGT）, but in a different magnitude and phase. These differences are attributable to Ekman transport induced by the local meridional wind and transport caused by nonzero velocity at the reference level, which is assumed to be zero in the NGT calculation. In the present work, a linear vorticity equation governing a 1.5-layer reduced gravity model is adopted to examine the dynamics of the seasonal variability of NGT. It is found that the annual cycle of NGT is mainly controlled by Ekman pumping induced by local wind, and westward-propagating Rossby waves induced by remote wind. Further research demonstrates that the maximum in winter and minimum in spring are mostly attributed to wind east of the dateline, whilst the maximum in summer and minimum in autumn are largely attributed to that west of the dateline.

Interannual Variability of the Hadley Circulation Associated with Tropical Pacific SST Anomaly

The seasonal and interannual variability of zonal mean Hadley circulation are analyzed, and the important effects of sea surface temperature(SST), especially the tropical Pacific SST, on the meridional circulation are discussed. Following results are obtained: 1) the Hadley circulation presents a single clockwise(anticlockwise) cross-equator circulation in the Northern(Southern) Hemisphere winter,while it is a double-ring-shaped circulation quasi-symmetric about the equator in spring and autumn. The annual mean state just indicates the residual of the Hadley cell in winter and summer. 2) The first mode of interannual anomalies shows a single cell crossing the equator like the climatology in winter and summer but with narrower width. The second mode shows a double ring-shaped cell quasi-symmetric about the equator which is similar to the Hadley cell in spring or autumn. 3) Vertical motion of the Hadley circulation is driven by sea surface temperature(SST) through latent and sensible heat in the tropics, and the interannual anomalies are mainly driven by the SST anomaly(SSTa) in the tropical Pacific. 4) The meridional gradient of SSTa is well consistent with the lower meridional wind of Hadley circulation in the interannual part. For the spatial distribution, the meridional gradient of SSTa in the Pacific plays a major role for the first two modes while the effects of the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean can be ignored.

Change in Spring Meridional Circulation and Its Relation to Summer Typhoon Activities

This study documents the decadal changes of the spring meridional circulation （SMC） over 110°E- 165°E and the relationship between the SMC and summer （June-July-August-September） typhoon activity over the Western North Pacific （WNP） during 1948-2010. The authors found that the SMC was changed after 1969. Before its change, the SMC had no clear relation with the summer typhoon number over the WNP （TNWNP）, but after the change, it has become positively correlated with the TNWNP, with a correlation coefficient of 0.57 be- tween them （above the 99% confidence level）. It was ob- served that after the SMC was changed, the positive tropical sea surface temperature anomaly associated with the SMC was shifted from the Equatorial Eastern Pacific （El Nifio） to the equatorial middle Pacific （El Nifio Mo- doki）; at the same time, the Pacific decadal oscillation （PDO） pattern over the North Pacific, which is associated with the SMC, was enhanced. The SMC and the TNWNP are both modulated by the E1 Nifio Modoki after 1969, so the relationship between them becomes significant.