基于SODA资料的南海表层风能输入的空间分布与长期趋势研究

doi:10.11978/2017134

Abstract

Abstract:

Sea surface wind is not merely a major driving force to the upper-ocean currents; the wind energy input is the main source of mechanical energy to keep these currents moving. To analyze the secular trend of wind energy input into the South China Sea (SCS), we calculate the wind energy input into the surface current, surface geostrophic current and surface ageostrophic current from 1901 and 2010 by using SODA (v 2.2.4) data. The results show that during the past 110 years, the trend of the wind energy input into surface current, surface geostrophic current and surface ageostrophic current decreased on the whole. The reducing amplitude is 56%, 65% and 49%, respectively. The dominant factor is the decline of wind stress (about 35%). Due to the monsoon systems, seasonal variation of wind energy input into the SCS is significant. In winter, the wind energy input is the strongest, mainly in the north and west parts of the basin, and the shape of energy input distribution is like a “boomerang.” Our results have some implication for further understanding SCS circulation in terms of energy.

Key words: South China Sea, wind energy, surface current, geostrophic current, ageostrophic current

CLC Number:

P732.6

Qian YANG, Chaoran CUI, Yu ZHANG, Zhiyu LIU, Yuping GUAN, Ruixin HUANG. Spatial patterns and secular trends of wind energy input into the surface layer in the South China Sea based on SODA reanalysis[J].Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2018, 37(6): 41-48.

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