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Preliminary analysis on climatological and seasonal variation of barrier layer thickness in the northern Indian Ocean and it’s mechanism
Copy editor: YIN Bo
Received date: 2019-11-18
Request revised date: 2020-02-15
Online published: 2020-02-25
Supported by
Natural Science Foundation of China(41776037)
Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB42000000)
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Based on the Array for Real-Time Geostrophic Oceanography (Argo) temperature and salinity observations from 2004 to 2018, we studies the spatial and temporal variations of the barrier layer in the Northern Indian Ocean (40°—105°E, 5°S—25°N) by using EOF (Empirical Orthogonal Function) analysis, wavelet analysis and other methods. The results show that barrier layer exists in the eastern Indian Ocean all year round, but the probability of its occurrence in the western Indian Ocean is low. Thick barriers appear mainly in the south-eastern Arabian Sea (67°—75°E, 3°—12°N), Bay of Bengal (82°—93°E, 11°—20°N) and eastern equatorial Indian Ocean (81°—102°E, 4°S—3°N). The thickness of the barrier layer, which is present in the southeast Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, exhibits remarkable annual variation with the largest value in winter and the smallest in summer. In the eastern equatorial Indian Ocean, there is a semi-annual cycle, with peaks in summer and winter. Further analysis shows that the thickness of the barrier layer in the Bay of Bengal and eastern equatorial Indian Ocean is mainly affected by the change of isothermal layer depth, while the change of mixed layer depth has little effect on the change of barrier layer thickness. The thickness of the barrier layer in the Arabian Sea is affected by the changes of both isothermal layer depth and mixed layer depth, of which the isothermal layer depth has a greater influence on it.
LIU Ying , YAN Youfang , LING Zheng . Preliminary analysis on climatological and seasonal variation of barrier layer thickness in the northern Indian Ocean and it’s mechanism[J]. Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2020 , 39(5) : 98 -108 . DOI: 10.11978/2019117
表1 障碍层厚度与等温层深度和混合层深度的相关系数Tab. 1 Correlation coefficient between barrier layer thickness and the depth of isothermal layer or mixed layer |
区域 | 等温层 | 混合层 |
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阿拉伯海东南部 | 0.63** | -0.32** |
孟加拉湾北部 | 0.94** | 0.11 |
赤道东印度洋 | 0.64** | -0.13* |
注: **表示置信度超过95%, *表示置信度超过90% |
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