Factors influencing the climatological mixed layer depth in the South China Sea: numerical simulations

doi:10.1007/s00343-010-0002-6

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	Factors influencing the climatological mixed layer depth in the South China Sea: numerical simulations
	Fan Conghui 1,2; Wang Juanjuan 1,2,3; Song Jinbao 1,2
刊名	CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY
	2010-09-01
卷号	28 期号:5 页码:1112-1118
关键词	Mixed Layer Depth (Mld) South China Sea (Scs) Wind Stress Net Heat Flux Evaporation Precipitation Regional Ocean Model System (Roms)
ISSN号	0254-4059
DOI	10.1007/s00343-010-0002-6
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	The mixed layer depth (MLD) in the upper ocean is an important physical parameter for describing the upper ocean mixed layer. We analyzed several major factors influencing the climatological mixed layer depth (CMLD), and established a numerical simulation in the South China Sea (SCS) using the Regional Ocean Model System (ROMS) with a high-resolution (1/12A degrees x1/12A degrees) grid nesting method and 50 vertical layers. Several ideal numerical experiments were tested by modifying the existing sea surface boundary conditions. Especially, we analyzed the sensitivity of the results simulated for the CMLD with factors of sea surface wind stress (SSWS), sea surface net heat flux (SSNHF), and the difference between evaporation and precipitation (DEP). The result shows that of the three factors that change the depth of the CMLD, SSWS is in the first place, when ignoring the impact of SSWS, CMLD will change by 26% on average, and its effect is always to deepen the CMLD; the next comes SSNHF (13%) for deepening the CMLD in October to January and shallowing the CMLD in February to September; and the DEP comes in the third (only 2%). Moreover, we analyzed the temporal and spatial characteristics of CMLD and compared the simulation result with the ARGO observational data. The results indicate that ROMS is applicable for studying CMLD in the SCS area.; The mixed layer depth (MLD) in the upper ocean is an important physical parameter for describing the upper ocean mixed layer. We analyzed several major factors influencing the climatological mixed layer depth (CMLD), and established a numerical simulation in the South China Sea (SCS) using the Regional Ocean Model System (ROMS) with a high-resolution (1/12A degrees x1/12A degrees) grid nesting method and 50 vertical layers. Several ideal numerical experiments were tested by modifying the existing sea surface boundary conditions. Especially, we analyzed the sensitivity of the results simulated for the CMLD with factors of sea surface wind stress (SSWS), sea surface net heat flux (SSNHF), and the difference between evaporation and precipitation (DEP). The result shows that of the three factors that change the depth of the CMLD, SSWS is in the first place, when ignoring the impact of SSWS, CMLD will change by 26% on average, and its effect is always to deepen the CMLD; the next comes SSNHF (13%) for deepening the CMLD in October to January and shallowing the CMLD in February to September; and the DEP comes in the third (only 2%). Moreover, we analyzed the temporal and spatial characteristics of CMLD and compared the simulation result with the ARGO observational data. The results indicate that ROMS is applicable for studying CMLD in the SCS area.
学科主题	Limnology ; Oceanography
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语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000281711600021
公开日期	2010-12-24
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/5277]
专题	海洋研究所_海洋环流与波动重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, KLOCAW, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Fan Conghui,Wang Juanjuan,Song Jinbao. Factors influencing the climatological mixed layer depth in the South China Sea: numerical simulations[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY,2010,28(5):1112-1118.
APA	Fan Conghui,Wang Juanjuan,&Song Jinbao.(2010).Factors influencing the climatological mixed layer depth in the South China Sea: numerical simulations.CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY,28(5),1112-1118.
MLA	Fan Conghui,et al."Factors influencing the climatological mixed layer depth in the South China Sea: numerical simulations".CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY 28.5(2010):1112-1118.