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Spatial patterns and secular trends of wind energy input into the surface layer in the South China Sea based on SODA reanalysis
Received date: 2017-12-18
Online published: 2018-12-24
Supported by
National Natural Science Foundation of China (41676021, 41541040, 91228202);Visiting Fellowship (MELRS1608) from the State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science (Xiamen University)
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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.
YANG Qian , CUI Chaoran , ZHANG Yu , LIU Zhiyu , GUAN Yuping , HUANG Ruixin . 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 . DOI: 10.11978/2017134
Fig. 1 Time evolution of wind energy input into the South China Sea from 1901 to 2010. |
Fig. 2 The time series of wind energy input and relevant variables in the South China Sea |
Fig. 4 Spatial distributions of monthly wind energy input into surface geostrophic current in the South China Sea. Black vectors denote wind stress, and green vectors denote surface geostrophic current图4 风向南海表层地转流输入能量的逐月分布图 |
Fig. 3 Spatial patents of seasonal wind energy input into surface current (a, b, c, d), surface geostrophic current (e, f, g, h) and surface ageostrophic current (i, j, k, l) in the South China Sea图3 风向南海表层流(a—d)、表层地转流(e—h)和表层非地转流(i—l)输入能量的季节分布图 |
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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