Satellite observations of the thermal front in the Taiwan Strait and its adjacent seas

HUANG Wei-gen; LIN Chuan-lan; LOU Xiulin; XIAO Qing-mei; SHI Ai-qin; JIN Wei-min

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HUANG Wei-gen, LIN Chuan-lan, LOU Xiulin, XIAO Qing-mei, SHI Ai-qin, JIN Wei-min. Satellite observations of the thermal front in the Taiwan Strait and its adjacent seas[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2006, 28(4): 49-55.

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HUANG Wei-gen, LIN Chuan-lan, LOU Xiulin, XIAO Qing-mei, SHI Ai-qin, JIN Wei-min. Satellite observations of the thermal front in the Taiwan Strait and its adjacent seas[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2006, 28(4): 49-55.

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Satellite observations of the thermal front in the Taiwan Strait and its adjacent seas

State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Hangzhou 310012, China;Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, China

Received Date: 2005-09-26
Rev Recd Date: 2006-03-24

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Thermal infrared images from the NOAA AVHRR taken over 13 a between 1989 and 2001 have been used to study the sea surface thermal front in the Taiwan Strait and its adjacent seas.Information about the location, length, width and strength of the front has been retrieved from the thermal infrared images.Satellite observations have revealed that the front exists all year round and has a length of 470 km.The frontal location coincides approximately with 50 m off shore depth contour.The frontal width and strength vary with time, with average values of about 15.15 km and 0.147℃/km respectively.The front is instable and charact erized by the presence along its edges of eddies which have a time scale of 1~7 d and a length of 25~70 km.
- sea surface front,
- Taiwan Strait,
- satellite remote sensing

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