Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2014, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (1): 10-16.doi: 10.11978/j.issn.1009-5470.2014.01.002cstr: 32234.14.j.issn.1009-5470.2014.01.002

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Preliminary analysis of observations by deep submersible mooring in west Luzon Strait during 2010 to 2011

LI Zi-mu1, 2, CAI Shu-qun1, CHEN Ju1, CHEN Rong-yu1, WANG Dong-xiao1, DU Yan1   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China; 2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
  • Received:2013-02-21 Revised:2013-04-25 Online:2014-03-07 Published:2014-03-08

Abstract: A mooring system was placed at a depth of about 3300 m west of the Luzon Strait. Upper ocean current, temperature and salinity were measured at a high frequency for more than nine months. Using harmonic analysis and power spectral analysis, we discover that at the measuring site, O1 tides had a greater amplitude in spring, and K1 tides had a greater amplitude in winter. In summer, the internal tides were relatively weak, but there were always irregular diurnal tides at our observation site. We observed near-inertial oscillations at a depth of 200~270 m after Typhoon Nanmadol passed by; they rotated clockwise and the energy was transported downward. There were 105 internal solitary waves (solitons) passed by during our observation period, while there were no less internal solitary waves in winter than in spring and summer. The arrival times of two adjacent internal solitary waves differed by about 24.6~24.7 h, which cannot be divided into type-a waves or type-b waves.

CLC Number: 

  • P714.12