Extracting and analyzing current transport structures in the Kuroshio area based on Lagrangian coherent structures

Tian Fenglin; Ren Yidan; He Qiu; Chen Ge

doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2020.05.002

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Tian Fenglin，Ren Yidan，He Qiu, et al. Extracting and analyzing current transport structures in the Kuroshio area based on Lagrangian coherent structures[J]. Haiyang Xuebao，2020, 42(5)：12–21，doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253−4193.2020.05.002

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Extracting and analyzing current transport structures in the Kuroshio area based on Lagrangian coherent structures

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2020.05.002

Tian Fenglin^{1, 2
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Ren Yidan^{1, 2},
He Qiu^{1, 2},
Chen Ge^{1, 2
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1.
College of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
2.
Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China

Received Date: 2019-01-26
Rev Recd Date: 2020-03-26

Available Online: 2020-11-18

Publish Date: 2020-05-25

Abstract

Abstract

Lagrangian motion of fluid has important significance for studying material transport. Compared with the traditional Euler method, Lagrangian coherent structures (LCSs) as a new method to research current structures is more objective. This paper presents a new method to calculate LCSs bundles. Based on the average velocity fields of 25 years, climatological LCSs of the Kuroshio area are calculated by variational method. Then simplify and merge the LCSs to obtain climatological LCSs bundles. The LCSs bundles can show the typical current characteristics and transport patterns, represent the average Lagrangian circulation which has a strong constraint. Finally, the climatological flow structures for 12 months are obtained, revealing the periodic Lagrangian circulation rules in different months. Also, virtual particle transport, trajectories of drifters, temperature and salt anomalies distributions are used to verify the results, which are consistent with the transport patterns mentioned in this paper, proving the accuracy and reliability of the current Lagrangian coherent structures.
- Kuroshio,
- Lagrangian coherent structures,
- metarial transport,
- climate state

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