| WANG Qiang,WANG Yinxia,BO Hong,ZHOU Weidong,WANG Dongxiao. 2011. Different roles of Ekman pumping in the west and east segments of the South China Sea Warm Current. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, (3):1－13 |
| Different roles of Ekman pumping in the west and east segments of the South China Sea Warm Current |
| Different roles of Ekman pumping in the west and east segments of the South China Sea Warm Current |
| Received:March 07, 2011 Revised:May 06, 2011 |
| DOI：10.1007/s13131-011-0113-8 |
| Key words:SCSWC Ekman pumping northern South China Sea numerical model |
| 中文关键词: SCSWC Ekman pumping northern South China Sea numerical model |
| 基金项目:The Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences under contract No. KZCX1-YW-12-01; the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars under contract No. 40625017; the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Key Program) under contract No. 40830851; the National Program on Key Basic Research Project (973 Program) under contract No. 2007CB816004. |
| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | WANG Qiang | Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Environmental Dynamics, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China | | | WANG Yinxia | South China Sea Marine Engineering and Environment Institute of State Oceanic Administration, Guangzhou 510300, China | | | BO Hong | Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, VA 23062, USA | | | ZHOU Weidong | Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Environmental Dynamics, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China | | | WANG Dongxiao | Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Environmental Dynamics, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China | dxwang@scsio.ac.cn |
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| Abstract: |
| A three-dimensional model is used to investigate the mechanism of the South China Sea (SCS) winter counter-current (also known as the SCS Warm Current, or the SCSWC), which flows against the wind. The model can reproduce the structure of the band-like currents over the northern shelf of the SCS, including the westward coastal current and slop current, and the SCSWC sandwiched in between. Sensitivity experiments are designed to understand the different roles of Ekman pumping of the SCSWC at different longitude. The results show that the Ekman pumping drives the SCSWC in the west segment. In the east, it is not the Ekman pumping but the intrusion of the Kuroshio that drives the SCSWC. |
| 中文摘要: |
| A three-dimensional model is used to investigate the mechanism of the South China Sea (SCS) winter counter-current (also known as the SCS Warm Current, or the SCSWC), which flows against the wind. The model can reproduce the structure of the band-like currents over the northern shelf of the SCS, including the westward coastal current and slop current, and the SCSWC sandwiched in between. Sensitivity experiments are designed to understand the different roles of Ekman pumping of the SCSWC at different longitude. The results show that the Ekman pumping drives the SCSWC in the west segment. In the east, it is not the Ekman pumping but the intrusion of the Kuroshio that drives the SCSWC. |
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