摘要
Thedistributionofthesuspendedsedimentconcentration(SSC)intheBohaiSea,YellowSeaandEastChinaSea(BYECS)isstudiedbasedontheobservedturbiditydataandmodelsimulationresults.Theobservedturbidityresultsshowthat(i)thehighestSSCisfoundinthecoastalareaswhileintheoutershelfseaareasturbidwaterismuchmoredifficulttoobserve,(ii)thesurfacelayerSSCismuchlowerthanthebottomlayerSSCand(iii)thewinterSSCishigherthanthesummerSSC.TheRegionalOceanModelingSystem(ROMS)isusedtosimulatetheSSCdistributionintheBYECS.AcomparisonbetweenthemodeledSSCandtheobservedSSCintheBYECSshowsthatthemodeledSSCcanreproducetheprincipalfeaturesoftheSSCdistributionintheBYECS.Thedynamicmechanismsofthesedimenterosionandtransportprocessesarestudiedbasedonthemodeledresults.ThehorizontaldistributionoftheSSCintheBYECSismainlydeterminedbythecurrent-waveinducedbottomstressandthefine-grainsedimentdistribution.Thecurrent-inducedbottomstressismuchhigherthanthewave-inducedbottomstress,whichmeansthetidalcurrentsplayamoresignificantroleinthesedimentresuspensionthanthewindwaves.TheverticalmixingstrengthisstudiedbasedonthemixedlayerdepthandtheturbulentkineticenergydistributionintheBYECS.Thestrongwintertimeverticalmixing,whichismainlycausedbythestrongwindstressandsurfacecooling,leadstohighsurfacelayerSSCinwinter.HighsurfacelayerSSCinsummerisrestrictedinthecoastalareas.
出版日期
2013年03月13日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)