Numerical calculation of the wintertime circulation in the South China Sea by using a baroclinic model

YOU Xiao-bao; LI Rong-feng; ZHANG Ming; ZENG Qing-cun

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YOU Xiao-bao, LI Rong-feng, ZHANG Ming, ZENG Qing-cun. Numerical calculation of the wintertime circulation in the South China Sea by using a baroclinic model[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2001, 23(6): 1-10.

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YOU Xiao-bao, LI Rong-feng, ZHANG Ming, ZENG Qing-cun. Numerical calculation of the wintertime circulation in the South China Sea by using a baroclinic model[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2001, 23(6): 1-10.

YOU Xiao-bao, LI Rong-feng, ZHANG Ming, ZENG Qing-cun. Numerical calculation of the wintertime circulation in the South China Sea by using a baroclinic model[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2001, 23(6): 1-10.

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YOU Xiao-bao, LI Rong-feng, ZHANG Ming, ZENG Qing-cun. Numerical calculation of the wintertime circulation in the South China Sea by using a baroclinic model[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2001, 23(6): 1-10.

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Numerical calculation of the wintertime circulation in the South China Sea by using a baroclinic model

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LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China;Institute of Meteorology, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101, China
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LASG, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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Institute of Meteorology, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101, China

Received Date: 1999-01-05
Rev Recd Date: 2001-06-15

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Abstract

The wintertime circulation in the South China Sea(SCS) has been simulated by using a three-dimensional,primitive-equation model with a free surface.Computed results show that:a realanticy clonic meandering path of the Kuroshio appears west of the Bashi Channel(BC),and a tongue with relatively high temperature and salinity spreads into SCS from BC which represents a intrusion of the Kuroshio.Some observed discoveries in SCS in winter such as the South China Sea Warm Current(SCSWC) which is against wind flowing northeastward(N E-ward),and some mesoscale eddies are all revealed by the model.The vertical structure of velocity and salinity alog 120.75°E Section in BC reproduced by the model compare well with observations.Based on the model results we also discuss further the formation and driving mechanism of SCSWC.
- three-dimensional baroclinic model,
- mesoscale eddy,
- South China Sea Warm Current

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