简介:TostudytheTaiwanStrait(TS),anunusualseaarea,thenumericalmodelinmarginalseasofChinaisusedtosimulateandanalyzethetidalwavemotioninthestrait.ThenumericalmodelingexperimentsreproducetheamphidromicsystemoftheM2tideinthesouthendoftheTaiwanstrait,andconsequentlyconfirmtheexistenceofthedegenerateamphidromicsystem.Onthisbasis,furtherdiscussionisconductedontheM2systemanditsformationmechanism.ItcanbeconcludedthatthetidalwavesoftheTSisconsistedoftheprogressingwavefromthenorthentranceandthedegenerateamphidromicsystemfromthesouthentrance,inwhichtheprogressingwavefromthenorthentrancedominatesthetidalwavemotioninthestrait.Exceptfortheconvergenteffectcausedbythelandformandboundary,thedegenerateamphidromicsystemproducedinthesouthofthestraitisanotherimportantfactorforthefollowingphenomena:thelargetidalrangeinthemiddleofthestrait,theconcentrativezoneofco-amplitudeandco-phaselineinthesouthofthestrait.ThedegenerateamphidromicsystemismainlyproducedbytheincidentPacificOceantidalwavefromtheLuzonstraitandtheactionbytheshorelineandlandform.Thepositionoftheamphidromicpointiscompelledtomovetowardsouthwestuntildegeneratingbythepowerfulprogressingwavefromthenorthentrance.
简介:Asimplethree-dimensionaltidalmodelisusedtoexaminetheM2tidalcurrentdistributioninanortheasternpartoftheEastChinaSea,especiallytheverticalvariationofthecurrentintheregion.ComputedM2currentiscomparedwithobservationsavailableandfoundtobeingoodagreement.Mainfeaturesofthecalculatingmethodinthisstudyare:(1)Verticalvariationofthetidalcurrentistakenasafunetionofthedepth-meanvelocity:(2)themethodisapplicabletoavarietyoftheverticaleddyviscosities;(3)ithasafineverticalresolution,especiallyneartheseabootom.So,thismethodnotonlyenablesustogetasteadystatesolutioneasilybutalsodepictseffectsofthefrictionontheverticalvariationofthecurrentmuchbetter.
简介:WhiletheAntarcticSlopeCurrent(ASC)hasbeenintensivelystudiedfortheEastAntarcticaslopeareaandtheWeddellSea,itsfateinthewesternAntarcticPeninsula(WAP)regionremainsmuchlessknown.DatafromtwocruisesconductedneartheSouthShetlandIslands(SSIs)andtheElephantIsland(EI),oneinaustralsummerof2004andoneinaustralwinterof2006,wereanalyzedtoprovideabroadpictureofthecirculationpatternoverthecontinentalslopeofthesurveyedarea,andaninsightintothedynamicalbalanceofthecirculation.Theresultsindicatethatsouthwestwardcurrentsarepresentovertheupperslopeinthestudyarea,indicatingtheASCintheWAPregion.NeartheShackletonGap(SG)northoftheEI,thesouthwestwardslopecurrentsneartheshelfbreakarecharacterizedbyawatermasscolderandfresherthantheambientwater,whichproducescross-slopedensitygradientsandthenverticalshearofthealong-slope(oralong-isobath)velocity.Theverticalshearisassociatedwithareversalofthealong-slopecurrentfromnortheastwardatsurfacetosouthwestwardindeeperlayers,oradepth-intensificationofthesouthwestwardslopecurrents.ThewatermasswithtemperatureandsalinitycharacteristicssimilartotheobservedcoldandfreshwaterisalsorevealedonthesouthernslopeoftheScotiaSea,suggestingthatthiscoldandfreshwaterisoriginatedfromtheScotiaSeaslopeandflowssouthwestwardthroughtheSG.OvertheshelfnorthoftheSSIs,thecoldandfreshwatermassisalsoobservedandoriginatesmainlyfromtheBransfieldStrait.Inthisarea,verticalstructureofthesouthwestwardslopecurrentsisassociatedwiththeonshoreintrusionoftheupperCircumpolarDeepWaterthatcreatescross-slopedensitygradients.
简介:ViathevaluableopportunityoftheThreeGorgesReservoir(TGR)135-mfillinginJune2003,theYangtzedischargeandsuspendedsedimentconcentration(SSC)enteringtheestuaryduringtheperiodfrom15Mayto15July2003wereanalyzedtoexaminetheinstanteffectsofthefillingonthem.TheYangtzedischargeandSSCenteringtheestuaryintheperiodsbefore,duringandafterthefillingclearlyindicatedthreephases:1)thepre-storagephasecharacterizedbynaturalconditions,inwhichtheSSCincreasedwithincreasingwaterdischarge;2)thestoragephase,duringwhichtheSSCdecreaseddramaticallywithdecreasingwaterdischarge;and3)thepost-storagephase,duringwhichboththeSSCandwaterdischargeremainedatrelativelylowlevelsfirstuntiltheendofJune,thentheSSCincreasedgraduallywithincreasingwaterdischarge.ItseemsthatthetimesfortheinstanteffectsofthedecreasingdischargedownstreamfromtheupperYangtzeontheYangtzedischargeandSSCenteringtheestuaryduetotheTGR135-mfillingtotakeplacewereabout5dand1drespectively,whilebothwereabout18dforthoseoftheincreasingdischarge.Thisprobablyreflectsthebufferingandresultantlyhysteresisofthe1800-kmstretchfromtheupperYangtzetotheestuary.TheresultsarehelpfulforscientificandhydrologicalinvestigationoftheYangtzemainstreamdownstreamfromtheTGRDamandoftheestuarineandadjacentcoastalwaters.