Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS) deployed in the seafloor can record information of ocean ambient noise, and typhoon can generate elastic waves propagating through the seafloor directly or indirectly. These factors cause great changes on OBS recording data to some extent. The OBS data during the process of typhoon was analyzed, and the methods of optimum filter were used in order to separate signals. After those work, we found that wind wave and ground swell were well recorded by short-period OBSs for the first time, and a new mode which typhoon affected seafloor ambient noise was put forward. We get three preliminary conclusions from above analysis: (1) Wind wave and ground swell caused by typhoon have their own distinctive modes to affect seafloor ambient noise;(2)The range and extent of seafloor ambient noise are obviously different which have been strengthened by two above waves;(3)Short-period OBSs can clearly record the information of ground swell, whose dominating period is 6—8 seconds and its energy is generally steady (we call it “8-second phenomenon); These results will have great significance for the future research on marine seismology and other aspects of oceanography.
YANG Xiao-qiu1,2,SHI Xiao-bin1,XU He-hua1,XU Xing3,LI Guan-bao4,GUO Xing-wei5,LUO Xian-hu3
The authors assimilate cruise data in the northern South China Sea using the Princeton Ocean Model (POM). The results show that the model assimilation improves the simulation effectively by reducing model errors, namely making the model results closer to the observations. The assimilation results, however, are not quite ideal in the regions where cruise observations are absent, indicating the method needs to be improved. This assimilation method once improved can provide re-analysis dataset for studying the South China Sea.
Taiwan Island is at the joint of Eurasian Continent and Pacific Plate, and is always threatened by typhoons and northeasterly winds, which may cause enormous loss of human life and property every year. Therefore it is necessary to de-velop a coastal sea-state monitoring system. The COMC (Coastal Ocean Monitoring Center, National Cheng Kung University) built the Taiwan coastal sea-state monitoring system, which is modern and self-sufficient, consisting of moored buoy, pile station, tide station, coastal weather station, and radar monitoring station. To assure the data quality, Data Quality Check Pro-cedure and Standard Operation Procedure were developed by the COMC. For data analysis, some new methods are introduced to make more detailed analysis, such as EMD (empirical mode decomposition) method that is used in the analysis of storm surge water level, wavelet transform that is used to discuss the near-shore wave characteristics from X-band radar images, and data assimilation technique that is applied in wave nowcast operation. The coastal sea-state monitoring system has a great potential in providing ocean information to serve the society.
OPeNDAP stands for “Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol.” The OPeNDAP protocol provides a discipline-neutral means of requesting and providing data across the World Wide Web. The goal is to allow all end users to access immediately whatever data they require in a form they can use, all while using applications they already possess and are familiar with. This article introduces the available OPeNDAP servers, and elaborates on the design and building of the OPeNDAP-based Sharing Platform of Physical Oceanographic Data of the South China Sea, which uses the GDS (GrADS Data Server), Dapper and THREDDS (Thematic Realtime Environmental Distributed Data Services) data servers to realize OPeNDAP services of wind, current, wave, Argo, and tide data. It also presents the OPeNDAP Services of the Sharing Platform. With the help of OPeNDAP, the service system achieves the objective of seamless access to physical oceanographic data of the South China Sea in a highly heterogeneously distributed environment over the network.
The development of marine sciences depends on observations. Satellite is one of the most important observation platforms for marine research. Satellite data are of great significance in marine research. Since the beginning of this century, China has successfully launched several satellites dedicated to ocean observations, and preliminarily established a global ocean satellite observation system. According to the basic situation of marine satellite resources at home and abroad, we study and analyze the current situation of the application and development of marine satellite data in China, especially in terms of receiving, processing, management and application of marine satellite data, put forward the scientific research demand for satellite data in China's marine research, and probe into the existing problems and development strategies of the scientific application of marine satellite data in China.
Using the measured wave data in 2017 in the central Taiwan Strait, we analyze the basic features of wave, including spectral features, and their relationships with wind. The regression relationship among important characteristic wave parameters and the appropriate wave spectrum form are also investigated. The results are as follows. 1) The most frequently occurring wave direction is NE, and the strong wave direction is NNE. The monthly average significant wave height varies from 0.87 to 2.98 m. The wave height is the smallest in July and the highest in December. The wave period has similar inter-month change to wave height. 2) Mixed waves dominated by wind wave and single-peaked spectra make up the majority. The wave height is positively correlated with the wind speed as a whole. Strong wave is mainly generated by typhoons and strong northeast monsoon. 3) There are good linear correlations between mean wave period and most characteristic period parameters. The significant wave height and its corresponding wave period are strongly linearly related in the directions of NNE and NE. 4) Compared with the Jonswap spectrum, the Code spectrum 1 is more reasonable for the fitting of sea wave spectrum in this area. A spectrum in the form of Code spectrum 1 is given, which is fitted by significant wave height and spectral peak period. These results can provide references for ocean engineering design and numerical simulation of wave.
The noise from dynamic positioning system of a vessel interferes with the data of ultra short base line (USBL) underwater positioning system in hydrothermal sulfide field investigation, while in situ decision-making and continuing research demand much better underwater positioning data. It is therefore necessary to eliminate abnormal positioning data rapidly and effectively for the existing Posidonia 6000 USBL. This study takes the USBL procedure data (x, y, z) as elimination objects, sets up (x, y, z) elimination models according to field water depth and the block angle, and uses reasonable data structure and algorithm to realize interactive elimination according to maps between (x, y, z) and time series. With the models and interactive elimination, abnormal USBL positioning data can be eliminated effectively, and much better underwater positioning data can be provided for in situ decision-making of hydrothermal sulfide investigation and continuing research.
The drag coefficient and aerodynamic roughness length of the sea surface are essential in calculating momentum, heat and water-vapor exchanges between the air and sea. With the observations collected by eddy covariance systems during typhoons Hagupit and Chanthu, we investigated parameterization relationships of 10-m wind speed with friction velocity, drag coefficient, and aerodynamic roughness length of the sea surface. Results show parabolic relationships between drag coefficient and friction velocity, and between drag coefficient and 10-m wind speed; results also show exponential relationships between aerodynamic roughness length and friction velocity, and between aerodynamic roughness and 10-m wind speed. We found that the critical friction velocity is 0.83 m·s-1 and critical 10m wind speed is 23.69 m·s-1.
We compare four observations and reanalysis datasets (SSM/I&SSMIS, RSS V7R01, ERA5, and MERRA-2) in terms of climate states of global water vapor. The variation and long-term trend of total column water vapor (TCWV) of different scales are also explored. The results indicate that the spatial distribution, seasonal cycle and interannual variability of the four datasets are consistent. From 1988 to 2018, the TCWV had an increasing trend in the tropical oceans. The interannual changes of the TCWV are significant and highly correlated with the El Ni?o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The datasets of ERA5 and MERRA-2 should be used with caution when analyzing TCWV trend in a short period (e.g., 1991—1997). When studying the long-term water vapor trend in the tropical regions, MERRA-2 data should be used carefully because the long-term trend is different from other datasets.
A new error-correction forecast model for sea surface temperature (SST) is proposed in this paper, where the SST errors are derived from the Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) data and operational numerical prediction SST product. First of all, the reliability of the GHRSST data was validated with the upper temperature data of Argo floats in the South China Sea. The results showed that the Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) between the two sets of data was about 0.3℃ while the correlation coefficient was 0.98; the GHRSST data could be used for the correction of operational numerical forecast model on SST in the South China Sea. After being corrected, the RMSEs of 24-hr, 48-hr and 72-hr SST forecast results were dropped from 0.8 ℃ to 0.5 ℃ compared with the upper temperature data of Argo floats. Meanwhile, the 24-hr, 48-hr and 72-hr SST forecast errors between the GHRSST data and model results were significantly reduced after the correction in the northern South China Sea (110°E -121°E, 13°N -23°N). During the influence of the cold air or the mesoscale eddy in the South China Sea, the effect of SST forecast correction was also quite significant. Therefore, this method should be considered to apply in the operational numerical forecast system on SST in the South China Sea.
Phytoplankton are the basis of the marine ecosystem food chain, and affect the variation of CO2 flux through photosynthesis. In this study, an estimation system of phytoplankton biomass in the South China Sea was established based on an area indicator. We used the empirical orthogonal function decomposition interpolation method (DINEOF) to reconstruct the chlorophyll a concentration field in the South China Sea from long time series of remote sensing data. We studied the space-time distribution of the high biomass water area of the South China Sea and found that the changes of water area with high chlorophyll a concentration had significant seasonal characteristics. The area of waters with high chlorophyll concentration reached the maximum in winter, and the minimum in summer. Conversely, the chlorophyll concentration reached the minimum in winter, and maximum in summer. This feature may be due to the wind-driven dynamic processes that redistribute the chlorophyll concentration near the surface. Moreover, waters with high chlorophyll concentration were found near the coast year round, especially in coastal waters of China, along the coast of Vietnam, the Gulf of Thailand, and near Borneo Island. In the Sunda Shelf and the central basin east of the Mekong estuary, the area of high biomass water showed interannual variation. The East Asian monsoon modulated by the El Niño and Southern Oscillation led to different degrees of cold water invasion from the north to the southeast of the Mekong Estuary in different years, which may be the reason for the increase and decrease of local phytoplankton biomass.
A comprehensive understanding of the geological characteristics of shallow strata of seabed is the basis for identifying and evaluating shallow marine geological hazards, which is of great significance to the development of marine resources and marine engineering construction. Multiple oil and gas fields are being explored and developed in northern Dongsha, South China Sea. However, there is a lack of systematic analysis of the fine geological characteristics of the shallow strata in this place. Based on the diverse data of AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle), multi-beam, AUV shallow stratum profile, 2D seismic data and sediment test, the factors of shallow strata geological hazards were identified and their risks were evaluated in the area of 100~400m water depth in northern Dongsha, South China Sea. The survey found that the seabed surface sediments in the study area were generally relatively stable, and several micro-geomorphologies of the seabed, such as sand waves, steep steps and gullies developed. Shallow gas below the seabed was not observed, and numerous paleovalleys are developed. Significant spatial differences are featured in the shape and distribution characteristics of seabed sand waves. The sand waves with wave height greater than 1m are mainly distributed in the depths of 134~143m, 168~187m and 205m, they can move positions under modern dynamic conditions. The observation results show that the development of seabed sand waves is related to the process of internal waves. The steep steps are more than 20°, which is considered to be related to the faults running through the shallow strata.
The coral δ18O data can precisely record climate variation and change of the tropical ocean, making up the shortage of deficient instrumental observations and providing us with the possibility of retrieving long-term paleoclimate conditions. The climate modes of the tropical Indian Ocean influence the climate of the surrounding region and even the globe through ocean-atmosphere interaction; so they are of great significance in climate study. In the present study, coral δ18O data from 1880 to 1999 at four sites located in the tropical Indian Ocean (Kenya, Seychelles, Tanzania, Mentawai) are used to study their ability to reproduce past climate in the tropical Indian Ocean. First, coral δ18O and SST changes are consistent on the long-term trend. Second, coral δ18O coincides nicely with local SST in terms of seasonal cycle, and is more sensitive to SST variation in cold seasons. What is more, coral δ18O at the four sites can describe changes of IOBM (Indian Ocean Basin Mode) and IODM (Indian Ocean Dipole Mode), but the interannual variability of the tropical Indian Ocean recorded by coral δ18O is modulated by interdecadal variation. This study suggests that the δ18O data from coral is an essential indicator of paleoclimate in the tropical Indian Ocean. Different sites' information should be taken into account to reflect past climate change in the Indian Ocean.
It is of great significance to fully exploit the oceanic application potential of the GaoFen-1 data, which is the first domestic high-resolution satellite of Earth observation in China. In this study, a GaoFen-1 multi-spectral image is used to retrieve the island shallow water depth of Jinqing Island in Xisha sea area by adopting the dual-band linear model and log-ratio model, after serials of image processing including image geometric correction, atmospheric correction and sun-glint correction. The accuracy of the two models is evaluated by using actual water depth data. Meanwhile, possible influence factors of retrieval accuracy of island shallow water depth from satellite data are discussed. It is shown that the result from the dual-linear model is obviously better than that from the log-ratio model, and the dual-band linear model is more suitable for the retrieving shallow water depth of Jinqing Island. For water depth less than 20 m, the overall root mean square (RMS) error is 1.8 m with RMS error of 1.14 m within 5 m, which reaches the level of accuracy of water depth inversion by satellite remote sensing.
Natural gas-hydrate is a new clean energy resource. The geological conditions in Shenhu area in the northern South China Sea (SCS) are conducive to the formation and storage of gas-hydrate. It is difficult to obtain accurate velocity information from traditional multi-channel seismic (MCS) data, and we can only judge the vertical distribution of geological bodies from the time domain. Ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) is a widely used active-source seismic instrument, which can receive clearer air gun signals. Compared with MCS data, refraction seismic data of OBS profiles can reveal velocity information from deeper layers. In this paper, combining the advantages of MCS and OBS, we determine the reflection interfaces on MCS profile, and then obtain the initial model. The OBS and MCS stacking profiles are merged to determine the reflection interface in the OBS profile. The reflection and refraction phases of OBS stations were picked up, and the two-dimensional velocity model of hydrate region was obtained by forward modeling using RayInvr, which solved the difficult time-depth conversion problem in MCS. The final model shows the depth, thickness and velocity of hydrate and free gas regions; it also shows the depth and velocity characteristics of the deeper interface below BSR.
The survey of OBS2019-2 line was carried out across the continent-ocean transition zone (COT) near the Liyuexi Trough of the Nansha Block. This work is critical as it is able to reveal the crustal structure and study rifting-breakup mechanism of the southern continental margin of the South China Sea (SCS). The data of OBS2019-2 is also important to make a comparative study of conjugate continental margin of SCS. Compared with the northern continental margin, there is fewer Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS) survey lines and deep crustal structure study in the southern continental margin of SCS. Therefore, more work needs to be done on OBS2019-2. This paper focuses on the data processing workflow of OBS2019-2, including UKOOA file preparation, data format conversion, position relocation, single station seismic record section drawing, etc. Then different kinds of deep seismic phases (e.g. Pg, PcP, PmP, Pn) are identified and traced. These seismic phases are subsequently verified by the travel-time calculation using Rayinvr software. The results of data processing show that deep seismic phases in the seismic record profiles are distinct. The farthest seismic phase could be continuously traced up to 120 km away. Seismic data of OBS2019-2 are of high quality, which can provide a solid foundation for subsequent velocity modeling and structural interpretation.
Marine geological survey is the strategic demand of our country to build a powerful marine nation. The survey data have important application values. With the rapidly developing technologies of computer, database and network, combining the ways of digital management, application and sharing of marine geological survey data has become an important indicator to measure the level of marine science and technology in China. In view of disadvantages of poor interactivity and low scalability in traditional WebGIS application, the sharing service platform of marine geological survey data in the South China Sea on the web was developed by Flex API and ArcGIS Flex Viewer, to develop widget for functional expansion based on the application framework. The users can browse and inquire these data easily. In this paper, the centralized management, display and service of the marine geological survey data in the South China Sea are illustrated. The results show that the platform can meet information service demands of marine users.
In view of data security problem concerning ocean buoy data, such as hacker attack, illegal access, data leakage, etc., a data security management system based on multi-encryption is proposed and implemented. We introduce the system architecture, multi-encryption storage and key management scheme in this paper. In this system, the buoy data is encrypted and stored by using multi-encryption technology, and the confidentiality of data transmission is ensured by encrypted transmission in business application. The analytic results of system security indicate show that this system can ensure data security in the process of storage, transmission and application.