| 1 | Comparison of summer ther- mohaline field and circulation structure of the Bohai Sea between 1958 and 2000显示文摘The analysis of observed salinity data over 35 years (1961—1996) at four stations around the Bohai Sea, i.e. Huludao, Qinhuangdao, Tanggu and Beihuangcheng, reveals that the salinity of the 4 observation stations has increased 1.1, 1.6, 1.9 and 0.4, respectively. The data also show that over the past 35 years, there have been at least 5 large salin-ity variation processes. The salinity data from two cruises of the Bohai Sea in August 1958 and 2000, show that the salin-ity pattern of the Bohai Sea has changed markedly. Low sa-linity in the sea surface layer around the old Yellow River mouth in August 1958 had been replaced by high salinity in August 2000 and the maximum variation of salinity is over 10.0. In addition, the values and distribution of salinity were almost the same from surface to bottom there in August 2000, but there existed significantly different salinity levels be-tween the surface layer and the deep layer in August 1958. When a comparison is made between the salinity levels of the above-mentioned two years, it is found that the salinity in August 2000 is on average 2.0 higher than that of August 1958 in the main part of the Bohai Sea. The change of tem-perature and salinity field in the Bohai Sea leads to the change of the circulation. The numerical simulation shows that in comparison with the circulation structure of the Bohai Sea in August 1958, the circulation in August 2000 changes markedly. The significant changes of circulation appeared in Bohai Bay, Laizhou Bay and in the middle of the Bohai Sea. The clockwise current loop outside of the Bohai Bay and counterclockwise current loop outside of the Laizhou Bay in August 1958 disappeared in August 2000, and the counterclockwise current loop of the Bohai Bay mi-grated obviously outward. The flow direction in the Laizhou Bay turned 180° around. Corresponding to the variation of the Bohai Sea circulation, the amount of water exchange between the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea has also changed. The water exchange rate through the Bohai Strait decreases, on average, 0.7×104 m3/s in August 2000 in contrast to that of August 1958. | WUDexing WANXiuquan BAOXianwen MULin LANJian | 2004 | Chinese Science Bulletin2004，49，4： | 13 |
| 2 | Preliminary study on decadal variations of EI Nino-associated adjustment in the tropical Pacific thermocline显示文摘Statistical analysis about ENSO index represented by SSTA in Nino3 with several datasets shows obviously decadal changes in the dominant period and amplitude of ENSO. Correlation analysis about the composite E1 Nino events before and after 1976 exhibits obviously decadal changes in the propagation and intensity of the oceanic anomaly related to the variation of SSTA in Nino3. In the composite E1 Nino before 1976, the coherence is relatively weak between the oceanic anomaly in the tropical Pacific and the SSTA in the Nino3 region; the area with significant correlation coefficient is relatively small; the oceanic anomaly related to Nino3 SSTA propagates faster. The above changes correspond well to the decadal changes of ENSO cycles. Some preliminary explanations are given based on the analysis of the decadal changes in the thermocline. The tropical thermocline shoals after 1976 except in the equatorial far East Pacific and the inclination of the tropical thermocline deep west and shallow east patterns weakens. Much of the oceanic anomaly from the relative higher latitude contributes to the slow propagation of the oceanic anomaly in the North Pacific. The air-sea coupling in the tropical Pacific intensifies after 1976 corresponding to decadai change of the ENSO amplitude. Decadai adjustment of the thermocline may have influenced the propagation and intensity of the oceanic anomaly related to the ENSO and intensity of air-sea interaction in the tropical Pacific, and changed the dominant period of ENSO and its amplitude. | MENGXiangfeng WUDexing HURuijin | 2004 | Acta Oceanologica Sinica2004，23，3： | 6 |
| 3 | The interdecadal variation of Indonesian Throughflow and its mechanism显示文摘The interdecadal variation of the volume and heat transport of Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) and its mechanism are preliminarily studied on the basis of the up- dated SODA data. It is found that the interdecadal variation of ITF’s volume transport is mainly concentrated in upper 714 m and that of ITF’s heat transport is mainly confined to upper 450 m. There is fairly consistent interdecadal variation in the depth-integrated seawater pressure above different depths in the region south of Davao, north of New Guinea and southwest of Australia. The depth-integrated pressure difference between northwest of Australia and south of Java has best correspondence with ITF’s volume transport on interdecadal time scales. The relation between the wind stress on the Pacific and ITF’s volume transport on interde- cadal time scales is studied based on Island Rule. It is shown that both the wind stress along the zonal lines just south of Australia and the Equator act as the dominant contributors to ITF’s volume transport, with the latter dominating the phase of ITF’s interdecadal variation. These results indicate that the atmospheric forcing and oceanic adjustment in the tropical region both contribute significantly to the ITF’s interdecadal variation. | MENG WUDexing HURuijin LANJian | 2004 | Chinese Science Bulletin2004，49，19： | 3 |
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