Influence of two inlets of the Luzon overflow on the deep circulation in the northern South China Sea

Muping Zhou; Changlin Chen; Yunwei Yan; Wenhu Liu

doi:10.1007/s13131-020-1621-1

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Muping Zhou, Changlin Chen, Yunwei Yan, Wenhu Liu. Influence of two inlets of the Luzon overflow on the deep circulation in the northern South China Sea[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2020, 39(11): 13-20. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1621-1

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Muping Zhou, Changlin Chen, Yunwei Yan, Wenhu Liu. Influence of two inlets of the Luzon overflow on the deep circulation in the northern South China Sea[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2020, 39(11): 13-20. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1621-1

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Influence of two inlets of the Luzon overflow on the deep circulation in the northern South China Sea

doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1621-1

Muping Zhou^{1, 2, 3},
Changlin Chen^{2, 4
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Yunwei Yan^{3, 4},
Wenhu Liu²

1.
College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
2.
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences & Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
3.
State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, China
4.
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai 519000, China

Funds: The Foundation of China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association under contract No. DY135-E2-2-02; the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 91428206, 41976028 and 41806019.

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Corresponding author: E-mail: chencl@fudan.edu.cn
Received Date: 2020-01-21
Accepted Date: 2020-04-02

Available Online: 2020-12-28

Publish Date: 2020-11-25

Abstract

Abstract

An inverse reduced-gravity model is used to simulate the deep South China Sea (SCS) circulation. A set of experiments are conducted using this model to study the influence of the Luzon overflow through the two inlets on the deep circulation in the northern SCS. Model results suggest that the relative contribution of these inlets largely depends on the magnitude of the input transport of the overflow, but the northern inlet is more efficient than the southern inlet in driving the deep circulation in the northern SCS. When all of the Luzon overflow occurs through the northern inlet the deep circulation in the northern SCS is enhanced. Conversely, when all of the Luzon overflow occurs through the southern inlet the circulation in the northern SCS is weakened. A Lagrangian trajectory model is also developed and applied to these cases. The Lagrangian results indicate that the location of the Luzon overflow likely has impacts upon the sediment transport into the northern SCS.
- inlets,
- Luzon overflow,
- deep circulation,
- northern South China Sea

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