The impact of Kuroshio water on the source water of the southeastern Taiwan Strait: numerical results

ZHANG Wenzhou; ZHUANG Xuefen; CHEN Chentung Arthur; HUANG Tinghsuan

doi:10.1007/s13131-015-0720-x

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ZHANG Wenzhou, ZHUANG Xuefen, CHEN Chentung Arthur, HUANG Tinghsuan. The impact of Kuroshio water on the source water of the southeastern Taiwan Strait: numerical results[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2015, 34(9): 23-34. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0720-x

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ZHANG Wenzhou, ZHUANG Xuefen, CHEN Chentung Arthur, HUANG Tinghsuan. The impact of Kuroshio water on the source water of the southeastern Taiwan Strait: numerical results[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2015, 34(9): 23-34. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0720-x

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ZHANG Wenzhou, ZHUANG Xuefen, CHEN Chentung Arthur, HUANG Tinghsuan. The impact of Kuroshio water on the source water of the southeastern Taiwan Strait: numerical results[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2015, 34(9): 23-34. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0720-x

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The impact of Kuroshio water on the source water of the southeastern Taiwan Strait: numerical results

doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0720-x

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State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China;Coastal and Ocean Management Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China;Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China;Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, China;Institute of Marine Resources, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, China

Received Date: 2015-03-16
Rev Recd Date: 2015-06-29

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Abstract

Model output from a Pacific basin-wide three-dimensional physical-biogeochemical model during the period of 1991 to 2008 was used to investigate the impact of Kuroshio water on the source water of the southeastern Taiwan Strait. Based on the characteristic salinities of both Kuroshio water and the South China Sea water, a Kuroshio impact index (KII) was designed to measure the degree of impact. The KII correlates significantly with the northeast-southwest component of wind stress, but the former lags the latter by approximately two months. The correlation coefficient between them increases from 0.267 4 to 0.852 9, with a lag time increasing from 0 to 63 days. The impact of Kuroshio Water is greater in winter and spring than in summer and autumn. At the interannual time scale, El Niño and La Niña events play an important role in impacting the KII. During El Niño events, more Kuroshio water contributes to the source water of the southeastern Taiwan Strait. Conversely, during La Niña events, less Kuroshio water contributes to the source water.
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