The effect of Stokes drift on Ekman transport in the open sea

By introducing the wave-induced Coriolis-Stokes forcing into ageostrophic motion equation, th1 Eulerian transport is modified by the wave-induced Stokes drift. The long-term mean contributions of the Stokes transport with remotely generated swells being included to the ageostrophic transport are analyzed using the ECMWF （European Centre for Medium-Range X,Veather Forecasts） reanalysis data. The ratio of Stokes transport to Ekman transport in north-south （N-S） direction can reach maximum of over 50% in the subtropical region. The preliminary influence of the Stokes transport on the North Pacific gyre is all year persistent, while the effect on the North Atlantic gyre is only obvious in boreal winter and early spring.

Role of Ekman Transport Versus Ekman Pumping in Driving Summer Upwelling in the South China Sea

Relative roles of Ekman transport and Ekman pumping in driving summer upwelling in the South China Sea （SCS） are examined using QuikSCAT scatterometer wind data. The major upwelling regions in the SCS are the coastal regions east and south- east of Vietnam （UESEV）, east and southeast of Hainan Island （UESEH）, and southeast of Guangdong province （USEG）. It is shown that the Ekman transport due to alongshore winds and Ekman pumping due to offshore wind stress curl play different roles in the three upwelling systems. In UESEV, Ekman pumping and Ekman transport are equally important in generating upwelling. The Ek- man transport increases linearly from 0.49 Sv in May to 1.23 Sv in August, while the Ekman pumping increases from 0.36 to 1.22 Sv during the same period. In UESEH, the mean estimates of Ekman transport and Ekman pumping are 0.14 and 0.07 Sv, respectively, indicating that 33% of the total wind-driven upwelling is due to Ekman pumping. In USEC~ the mean Ekman transport is 0.041 Sv with the peak occurring in July, while Ekman pumping is much smaller （0.003 on average）, indicating that the upwelling in this area is primarily driven by Ekman transport. In the summers of 2003 and 2007 following E1 Nifio-Southern Oscillation （ENSO） events, both Ekman transport and Ekman pumping decrease in UESEV due to the abnormally weak southwest monsoon. During the same events, however, Ekman transport is slightly enhanced and Ekman pumping is weakened in UESEH and USEG.

A case study of continental shelf waves in the northwestern South China Sea induced by winter storms in 2021

This study aims to investigate characteristics of continental shelf wave(CSW)on the northwestern continental shelf of the South China Sea(SCS)induced by winter storms in 2021.Mooring and cruise observations,tidal gauge data at stations Hong Kong,Zhapo and Qinglan and sea surface wind data from January 1 to February 28,2021 are used to examine the relationship between along-shelf wind and sea level fluctuation.Two events of CSWs driven by the along-shelf sea surface wind are detected from wavelet spectra of tidal gauge data.The signals are triply peaked at periods of 56 h,94 h and 180 h,propagating along the coast with phase speed ranging from 6.9 m/s to18.9 m/s.The dispersion relation shows their property of the Kelvin mode of CSW.We develop a simple method to estimate amplitude of sea surface fluctuation by along-shelf wind.The results are comparable with the observation data,suggesting it is effective.The mode 2 CSWs fits very well with the mooring current velocity data.The results from rare current help to understand wave-current interaction in the northwestern SCS.

南极海冰边缘区密集度的年际变化与西风的Ekman输运

为了揭示南极海冰年际变化的机制,利用南极海冰边缘区密集度和海面风资料,选择南极海冰边缘区海冰密集度年际变化较大的5个海区进行统计分析。研究表明:南半球冬季在这5个海区海冰密集度年际变化与南侧西风的年际变化有较密切的关系,南半球冬季南极海冰边缘区南侧西风形成向北的Ekman输运对海冰边缘区的海冰密集度有重要的影响,这种影响在南太平洋和南大西洋比在南印度洋东部更明显。

吕宋海峡Ekman输运和南海SST的相关性分析

在利用1950—2009年NCEP(National Center for Environmental Prediction)资料分析风场数据的基础上,计算吕宋海峡的Ekman输运,研究表明其存在显著的季节变化,除了夏季外,其它季节均为由太平洋向南海输运。分析吕宋海峡Ekman输运和南海海盆表征上层热力状况的海表面温度SST(Sea Surface Temperature)之间的关系发现:在年内时间尺度上,两者不存在显著的同期相关,Ekman输运对SST的影响开始于一个月之后,从北部向南扩展,第二个月最为明显,并扩展至整个海盆,第三个月开始衰减,第四个月影响消失,且相关性为正;在年际尺度上,吕宋海峡Ek-man输运的异常同南海SSTA(Sea Surface Temperature Abnormal)的第二模态存在显著的相关联系,并且吕宋海峡Ekman输运和南海SSTA的相关关系在北部为正,南部为负。吕宋海峡Ekman输运调制南海大尺度环流,通过暖、冷平流的作用影响南海SST的变化。

Arctic sea ice volume export through the Fram Strait: variation and its effect factors

Arctic sea ice export is important for the redistribution of freshwater and sea ice mass.Here,we use the sea ice thickness,sea ice velocity,and sea ice concentration(SIC)to estimate the exported sea ice volume through the Fram Strait from 2011 to 2018.We further analyse the contributions of the sea ice thickness,velocity and concentration to sea ice volume export.Then,the relationships between atmospheric circulation indices(Arctic Oscillation(AO),North Atlantic Oscillation(NAO),and Arctic Dipole(AD))and the sea ice volume export are discussed.Finally,we analyse the impact of wind-driven oceanic circulation indices(Ekman transport(ET))on the sea ice volume export.The sea ice volume export rapidly increases in winter and decreases in spring.The exported sea ice volume in winter is likely to exceed that in spring in the future.Among sea ice thickness,velocity and SIC,the greatest contribution to sea ice export comes from the ice velocity.The exported sea ice volume through the zonal gate of the Fram Strait(which contributes 97%to the total sea ice volume export of the Fram Strait)is much higher than that through the meridional gate(3%)because the sea ice flowing out of the zonal gate has the characteristics of a high thickness(mainly thicker than 1 m),a high velocity(mainly faster than 0.06 m/s)and a high concentration(mainly higher than 80%).The AD and ET explain 53.86%and 38.37%of the variation in sea ice volume export,respectively.

Understanding the Development of the 2018/19 Central Pacific El Niño

A central Pacific(CP)El Niño event occurred in 2018/19.Previous studies have shown that different mechanisms are responsible for different subtypes of CP El Niño events(CP-I El Niño and CP-II El Niño).By comparing the evolutions of surface winds,ocean temperatures,and heat budgets of the CP-I El Niño,CP-II El Niño,and 2018/19 El Niño,it is illustrated that the subtropical westerly anomalies in the North Pacific,which led to anomalous convergence of Ekman flow and surface warming in the central equatorial Pacific,played an important role in the 2018/19 El Niño event as well as in the CP-II El Niño.Although the off-equatorial forcing played a vital role,it is found that the equatorial forcing acted as a driving(damping)term in boreal spring(summer)of the 2018/19 El Niño.The 2018/19 El Niño provides a timely and vivid example that helps illustrate the proposed mechanism of the CP El Niño,which could be leveraged to improve El Niño predictability.

风影响夏季长江冲淡水扩展的数值模拟研究

基于EFDC(Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code)数值模式建立了长江口及其邻近海域的三维水动力学模型,用于研究风对夏季长江冲淡水扩展的影响。基于实测资料的验证结果表明,模型能够比较真实的反映潮汐、海流、温度和盐度的变化过程。敏感性试验的结果显示,风对夏季长江冲淡水的扩展有着非常显著的影响。在Ekman输送的作用下,长江冲淡水将向风向的右侧扩展。5m/s风速下,东风、东南风、南风和西南风4个风向下的冲淡水明显向外海扩展,而西风、西北风、北风和东北风下的冲淡水都被限制在近岸水域。Ekman输送的强度随风速增强而增强,冲淡水向风向右侧的扩展也越来越明显。舌轴区因为层结明显,湍流活动相对较弱,对风能量的耗散相对较小,所以相同的风速增量对舌轴区表层水的加速作用最强,这导致更多的淡水经由舌轴区输送,使得淡水舌宽度随风速的增加而变窄。对长江口海域表面风的气候统计分析表明,上述数值试验结果能够很好的解释气候态下长江冲淡水扩展方向与表面风变化的关系。

Winter coastal upwelling off northwest Borneo in the South China Sea

Winter coastal upwelling off northwest Borneo in the South China Sea （SCS） is investigated by using satellite data, climatological temperature and salinity fields and reanalysis data. The upwelling forms in Decem- ber, matures in January, starts to decay in February and almost disappears in March. Both Ekman trans- port induced by the alongshore winter monsoon and Ekman pumping due to orographic wind stress curl are favorable for the upwelling. Transport estimates demonstrate that the month-to-month variability of Ekman transport and Ekman pumping are both consistent with that of winter coastal upwelling, but Ek- man transport is two times larger than Ekman pumping in January and February. Under the influence of E1 Nino-Southern Oscillation （ENSO）, the upwelling shows remarkable interannual variability： during winter of El Nino （La Nina） years, an anticyclonic （a cyclonic） wind anomaly is established in the SCS, which behaves a northeasterly （southwesterly） anomaly and a positive （negative） wind stress curl anomaly off the north- west Borneo coast, enhancing （reducing） the upwelling and causing anomalous surface cooling （warming） and higher （lower） chlorophyll concentration. The sea surface temperature anomaly （SSTA） associated with ENSO off the northwest Borneo coast has an opposite phase to that off southeast Vietnam, resulting in a SSTA seesaw pattern in the southern SCS in winter.

The shallow meridional overturning circulation in the South China Sea and the related internal water movement

The structure of the annual-mean shallow meridional overturning circulation （SMOC） in the South China Sea （SCS） and the related water movement are investigated, using simple ocean data assimilation （SODA） outputs. The distinct clockwise SMOC is present above 400 m in the SCS on the climatologically annual-mean scale, which consists of downwelling in the northern SCS, a southward subsurface branch supplying upwelling at around 10°N and a northward surface flow, with a strength of about 1x 108 ma/s. The formation mechanisms of its branches are studied separately. The zonal component of the annual-mean wind stress is predominantly westward and causes northward Ekman transport above 50 m. The annual-mean Ekman transport across 18°N is about 1.2×106 m^3/s. An annual-mean subduction rate is calculated by estimating the net volume flux entering the thermocline from the mixed layer in a Lagrangian framework. An annual subduction rate of about 0.66×106 ma/s is obtained between 17° and 20°N, of which 87% is due to vertical pumping and 13% is due to lateral induction. The subduction rate implies that the subdution contributes significantly to the downwelling branch. The pathways of traced parcels released at the base of the February mixed layer show that after subduction water moves southward to as far as 1 I^N within the western boundary current before returning northward. The velocity field at the base of mixed layer and a meridional velocity section in winter also confirm that the southward flow in the subsurface layer is mainly by strong western boundary currents. Significant upwelling mainly occurs off the Vietnam coast in the southern SCS. An upper bound for the annual-mean net upwelfing rate between 10° and 15°N is 0.7×108 ma/s, of which a large portion is contributed by summer upwelling, with both the alongshore component of the southwest wind and its offshore increase causing great upwelling.

2004年台风“蒲公英”引起吕宋海峡海洋上层输运异常分析

基于海洋同化数据产品HYCOM以及遥感风场数据,分析了2004年台风"蒲公英"经过吕宋海峡期间,诱发的吕宋海峡体积输运异常。分析发现该台风经过吕宋海峡期间在海峡附近形成了强烈的北风异常,诱导了一支从西太流向南海的纬向流,从而在吕宋海峡内激发出强烈的西向输运异常。进一步诊断发现,该异常输运基本局限在上50 m层,并且是通过Ekman输运过程来诱发的吕宋海峡体积输运异常。

白令海峡夏季流量的年际变化及其成因

白令海峡是连接太平洋和北冰洋的唯一通道,穿过海峡的海水体积通量在年际尺度上的变化主要取决于海峡南北两侧的海面高度差,白令海峡的入流对北冰洋海洋过程有重要的意义。利用SODA资料计算夏季白令海峡海水体积通量,对其年际变化及成因进行分析。结果表明夏季白令海峡的体积通量主要是正压地转的;当体积通量为正距平时,楚科奇海、东西伯利亚海、拉普捷夫海以及波弗特海南部海面高度为负距平,同时,白令海陆架海面高度为正距平;对这些海域的Ek-man运动、上层海洋温度、盐度和垂直流速进行分析,发现海面高度异常与海峡体积通量的这种关系主要是与海面气压异常分布所产生的Ekman运动有关。当白令海峡的体积通量为正距平时,北冰洋中央海面气压为正距平,白令海海盆海面气压为负距平。这种气压的异常分布在一定程度上解释了上层海洋运动、海水温盐结构与白令海峡入流的关系,从而把夏季大尺度大气环流和白令海峡体积通量的年际变化联系了起来。

汕尾外侧冷水跨陆架输送的形成机制

采用三维斜压非线性海洋模型(regional ocean modeling system,ROMS),设计1个标准模式和2个理想实验,研究汕尾外侧冷水跨陆架输送的影响因子并估算其量值.标准模式中汕尾外侧存在高密冷水团在陆坡处涌升并向内部陆架输运,且在等深线向岸辐聚凸起(等深线曲率变化显著)区域跨等深线运动最强.理想实验说明影响汕尾外侧冷水跨陆架输送的影响因子主要是对流和底部Ekman作用.采用理论公式分别估算对流和底部Ekman作用产生的跨陆架流速,结果显示等深线辐聚凸起区域的跨陆架输送受对流和底部Ekman作用共同控制,且对流的作用更大;等深线变化平缓区域的跨陆架运动主要受底部Ekman作用的影响.

DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SEASONAL THERMOCLINE IN THE DEEP SEA REGION OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

The dynamic characteristics of the seasonal thermocline in the deep sea region of the South China Sea were analyzed by using seasonal mean temperature climatology. The thermocline undergoes remarkably seasonal variation throughout a year, is thinnest and weakest in winter, and thickest in spring, strongest in summer and fall. Due to the upper Ekman transport caused by monsoon over the SCS, the thermocline slopes upward(downward) in winter(summer) from northwest to southeast, but there is no pileup of upper warm water along the monsoon direction. In addition, the intrusion of the Kuroshio loop through the Luzon Strait, and some local eddies in the SCS, can notably affect the depth, thickness and strength of the thermocline in the deep sea region of the SCS.

东印度沿岸流的季节变化及其热盐输运

基于卫星高度计数据、模式数据和同化资料揭示了东印度沿岸流(East India Coastal Current, EICC)年周期上的时空分布特征,并探讨了其可能的影响机制及热盐输运。在年周期上EICC呈现3种分布状态,受季风影响,在东北季风前期(10—12月)和后期(2—5月)为一致的南向(北向)流动;而6—8月EICC呈3段式分布,与另外两个时间段明显不同,表现为9°N以南、16°N以北区域的南向流动和9°—16°N区域的北向流动。前人研究认为印度东海岸的局地风应力是EICC的主要机制,本研究发现除局地风应力外,来自孟加拉湾中部的艾克曼抽吸(EkmanPumping)在全年也发挥着重要作用,并在2—5月(10—12月)驱动EICC的北向(南向)流动,而局地风应力则在10—12月有利于EICC的南向流动。EICC是孟加拉湾低盐水向赤道东印度洋和阿拉伯海输运的一个因素,在海盆间的热盐交换上发挥着重要作用。EICC的热输运在6—12月(2—5月)有利于(不利于)湾内温度的升高;盐输运则在全年都有利于孟加拉湾内盐度的增加。此外,EICC的一致南向(北向)流动以及3段式结构促进了湾内热盐的再分配,对于维持北印度洋的热量和盐度收支平衡具有重要作用。

舟山近海海域夏季上升流时空特征及其与风场的关系

利用2002-2013年期间的卫星遥感海表温度(SST)数据分析了舟山海域夏季上升流的时空特征,并结合同时期的海面风场数据探讨了风对该海域夏季上升流的影响。对多年夏季月平均的SST进行经验正交函数(EOF)分解结果表明,7月份前两个模态方差贡献率分别为71.66%、16.55%,8月份前两个模态方差贡献率分别为87.03%和7.30%,并均通过了显著性检验,舟山近海海域的上升流存在较为明显的年际变化。相关分析显示,经向风速和SST异常存在显著的负相关关系,即夏季盛行的西南风有利于上升流的发展。并且,艾克曼(Ekman)体积输运计算结果表明,舟山海域7、8月份风生上升流的量级分别为3.0×10^(-5)m/s和1.5×10^(-5)m/s,7月上升流显著强于8月,这与8月份观测到的海表显著低温异常相关。