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Review
A review on the South China Sea western boundary current
FANG Guohong, WANG Gang, FANG Yue, FANG Wendong
2012, (5): 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0231-y
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The advances in understanding the South China Sea (SCS) western boundary current (SCSwbc) have been reviewed since the works of Dale (1956) and Wyrtki (1961) in the middle of the 20th century. The features of the pattern of SCSwbc and the oceanic phe...
Articles
The impact of mean dynamic topography on a sea-level anomaly assimilation in the South China Sea based on an eddy-resolving model
XU Dazhi, ZHU Jiang, QI Yiquan, LI Xichen, YAN Youfang
2012, (5): 11-25. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0232-x
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The sea-level anomaly (SLA) from a satellite altimeter has a high accuracy and can be used to improve ocean state estimation by assimilation techniques. However, the lack of an accurate mean dynamic topography (MDT) is still a bothersome issue in an ...
Effects of mesoscale eddies on the internal solitary wave propagation
LIAO Guanghong, YANG Chenghao, XU Xiaohua, SHI Xingang, YUAN Yaochu, HUANG Weigen
2012, (5): 26-40. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0233-9
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The mesoscale eddy and internal wave both are phenomena commonly observed in oceans. It is aimed to investigate how the presence of a mesoscale eddy in the ocean affects wave form deformation of the internal solitary wave propagation. An ocean eddy i...
The destiny of the North Pacific Intermediate Water in the South China Sea
LAN Jian, ZHANG Ningning, WANG Caixia
2012, (5): 41-45. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0234-8
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The previous studies show that the spreading path of the subtropical salinity minimum of the North Pacific Intermediate Water (NPIW) is southwestward pointing to the Luzon Strait. Based on the P-vector method and generalized digital environmental mod...
Estimation of seawater movement based on reflectors from a seismic profile
HUANG Xinghui, SONG Haibin, BAI Yang, CHEN Jiangxin, LIU Boran
2012, (5): 46-53. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0235-7
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Seismic oceanography is a new cross-discipline of reflection seismology and physical oceanography. The biggest difference between seismic oceanography and traditional reflection seismology is its research object of time-varied seawater. How to estima...
Diagnosis of the ENSO modulation of tropical cyclogenesis over the southern South China Sea using a genesis potential index
WANG Lei, ZHANG Qiongwan, LI Weibiao
2012, (5): 54-68. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0236-6
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The modulation of tropical cyclogenesis over the southern South China Sea (SSCS) by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is examined in October-December (OND), when tropical cyclone (TC) activities are most active in this region. The results revea...
Synoptic-scale disturbances over the northern South China Sea and their responses to El Niño
ZENG Lili, LI Xixi, DU Yan, SHI Rui, YAO Jinglong, WANG Dongxiao, SUI Dandan
2012, (5): 69-78. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0237-5
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Using surface and aerological meteorological observations obtained at the Xisha Automatic Weather Station and three moored buoys along the continental slope, characteristics of the synoptic-scale disturbances over the northern South China Sea (NSCS) ...
The seasonal variability of an air-sea heat flux in the northern South China Sea
ZHANG Yan, WANG Dongxiao, XIA Huayong, ZENG Lili
2012, (5): 79-86. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0238-4
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The seasonal variabilities of a latent-heat flux (LHF), a sensible-heat flux (SHF) and net surface heat flux are examined in the northern South China Sea (NSCS), including their spatial characteristics, using the in situ data collected by ship from 2...
Historical simulation and twenty-first century prediction of oceanic CO2 sink and pH change
BAO Ying, QIAO Fangli, SONG Zhenya
2012, (5): 87-97. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0239-3
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A global ocean carbon cycle model based on the ocean general circulation model POP and the improved biogeochemical model OCMIP-2 is employed to simulate carbon cycle processes under the historically observed atmospheric CO2 concentration and differen...
Spatial and temporal variability of colored dissolved organic matter absorption properties in the Taiwan Strait
LIN Hui, GUO Weidong, HU Minghui, LIN Cai, JI Weidong
2012, (5): 98-106. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0240-x
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Spatial and temporal variability of the absorption properties of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in the Taiwan Strait was investigated in summer (July to August of 2006) and winter (from December 2006 to January of 2007) seasons. The CDOM abs...
New perspective of Miocene marine hydrocarbon source rocks in deep-water area in Qiongdongnan Basin of northern South China Sea
LI Wenhao, ZHANG Zhihuan, LI Youchuan, FU Ning
2012, (5): 107-114. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0241-9
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Drilling wells reveal that the organic matter abundance of Miocene marine source rocks in shallow water area of the Qiongdongnan Basin is relatively low with poor hydrocarbon generation potential. However, in some drilling wells of deep water area cl...
Ecological influence of exotic plants of Sonneratia apetala on understory macrofauna
TANG Yijie, FANG Zhanqiang, CHEN Kang, ZHANG Zaiwang, ZHONG Yanting, AN Dong, YANG Xiongbang, LIAO Baowen
2012, (5): 115-125. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0242-8
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The study aims to compare the differences of macrofauna communities of wetlands at 3-year-forestage, 5-year-forest-age Sonneratia apetala artificial mangroves, 5-year-forest-age Kandelia candel artificial mangroves with the same restoration backgroun...
Impacts of solar UV radiation on grazing, lipids oxidation and survival of Acartia pacifica Steuer (Copepod)
MA Zengling, LI Wei, GAO Kunshan
2012, (5): 126-134. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0230-2
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UV radiation is known to affect aquatic primary producers and their grazers. However, little has been documented on its effects on zooplankton grazing. In this study, the authors investigated the effects of photosynthetically active radiation (PAR, 4...
Distribution patterns of appendicularians and copepods and their relationship on the northwest continental shelf of South China Sea during summer
LI Kaizhi, YIN Jianqiang, HUANG Liangmin, LIAN Shumin, ZHANG Jianlin
2012, (5): 135-145. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0243-7
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The potential suppression of copepods on appendicularians was found in field and experimental conditions. The abundance and distribution of appendicularians and planktonic copepods were studied with reference to their correlations during summer on th...
The distribution of chlorophyll a in the tropical eastern Indian Ocean in austral summer
HONG Lisha, WANG Chunsheng, ZHOU Yadong, CHEN Mianrun, LIU Hongbin, LIN Zhongyang, SONG Xunshu
2012, (5): 146-159. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0244-6
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To study the effect of hydrographic factors on the spatial distributions of chlorophyll a (Chl a), an investigation was carried out in the tropical eastern Indian Ocean (80°-100°E along 7°S, and 7°-18°S along 80°E) in December 2010. The fluorescent m...
Research Notes
Study of tide prediction method influenced by nonperiodic factors based on support vector machines
HE Shijun, ZHOU Wenjun, ZHOU Ruyan, HUANG Dongmei
2012, (5): 160-164. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0245-5
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Harmonic analysis, the traditional tidal forecasting method, cannot take into account the impact of noncyclical factors, and is also based on the BP neural network tidal prediction model which is easily limited by the amount of data. According to the...
Spatial variability of summer and autumn phytoplankton community structure in Xiamen Western Bay based on pigment analysis
HE Xuejia, PENG Xingyue
2012, (5): 165-175. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0246-4
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The spatial variations of phytoplankton community structure in the Xiamen Western Bay during the summer and autumn cruises in 2001 were investigated based on HPLC analysis of photosynthetic pigments in algal cells and CHEMTAX processing of pigment da...