Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2018, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (6): 26-32.doi: 10.11978/2018015CSTR: 32234.14.2018015

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Bottom-water warming in the Philippine Sea between 1990s and 2010s

Caijing HUANG1,2(), Qiang XIE1,3,4(), Ju CHEN3, Yeqiang SHU3, Lingfang CHEN1   

  1. 1. Ocean Circulation Observation and Numerical Modeling Lab, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya 572000, China
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    3. State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Guangzhou 510301, China
    4. Laboratory for Regional Oceanography and Numerical Modeling Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266000, China;
  • Received:2018-01-30 Online:2018-11-20 Published:2018-12-24
  • Supported by:
    Foundation item: Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDB06020102, XDB06020101);National Natural Science Foundation of China (41676015, 41776036, 41576006);Sanya and Chinese Academy of Sciences Cooperation Project(2015YD02)

Abstract:

Repeated trans-Philippine-Sea hydrographic observations reveal that the bottom water in the Philippine Sea has warmed up by about 0.002~0.01℃ between 1990s and 2010s. In the West Mariana Basin and the Shikoku Basin, the colder portion of the Lower Circumpolar Deep Water (LCDW) decreased while the warmer portion increased. In the Philippine Basin, the colder portion of modified LCDW decreased while the warmer portion increased. The heat flux at the 4000-dbar isobath is 0.0413W·m-2 in the Philippine Basin and 0.0221W·m-2 in the West Mariana Basin and the Shikoku Basin. The sea level rise is 0.0621mm·yr-1 in the Philippine Basin and 0.0333mm·yr-1 in the West Mariana Basin and the Shikoku Basin due to deep ocean thermal expansion.

Key words: warming, bottom water, Philippine Sea

CLC Number: 

  • P731.11