Characteristics and possible causes of sea level anomalies in the Xisha sea area

WANG Hui; HAN Shuzong; FAN Wenjing; WANG Guosong; LIU Kexiu; ZHANG Zengjian

doi:10.1007/s13131-016-0938-2

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WANG Hui, HAN Shuzong, FAN Wenjing, WANG Guosong, LIU Kexiu, ZHANG Zengjian. Characteristics and possible causes of sea level anomalies in the Xisha sea area[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2016, 35(9): 34-41. doi: 10.1007/s13131-016-0938-2

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WANG Hui, HAN Shuzong, FAN Wenjing, WANG Guosong, LIU Kexiu, ZHANG Zengjian. Characteristics and possible causes of sea level anomalies in the Xisha sea area[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2016, 35(9): 34-41. doi: 10.1007/s13131-016-0938-2

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Characteristics and possible causes of sea level anomalies in the Xisha sea area

doi: 10.1007/s13131-016-0938-2

1.
National Marine Data & Information Service, State Oceanic Administration, Tianjin 300171, China
2.
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, China

Received Date: 2015-10-16
Rev Recd Date: 2015-11-13

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Based on the analysis of wind, ocean currents, sea surface temperature (SST) and remote sensing satellite altimeter data, the characteristics and possible causes of sea level anomalies in the Xisha sea area are investigated. The main results are shown as follows:(1) Since 1993, the sea level in the Xisha sea area was obviously higher than normal in 1998, 2001, 2008, 2010 and 2013. Especially, the sea level in 1998 and 2010 was abnormally high, and the sea level in 2010 was 13.2 cm higher than the muti-year mean, which was the highest in the history. In 2010, the sea level in the Xisha sea area had risen 43 cm from June to August, with the strength twice the annual variation range. (2) The sea level in the Xisha sea area was not only affected by the tidal force of the celestial bodies, but also closely related to the quasi 2 a periodic oscillation of tropical western Pacific monsoon and ENSO events. (3) There was a significant negative correlation between sea level in the Xisha sea area and ENSO events. The high sea level anomaly all happened during the developing phase of La Ni.a. They also show significant negative correlations with Niño 4 and Niño 3.4 indices, and the lag correlation coefficients for 2 months and 3 months are -0.46 and -0.45, respectively. (4) During the early La Ni.a event form June to November in 2010, the anomalous wind field was cyclonic. A strong clockwise vortex was formed for the current in 25 m layer in the Xisha sea area, and the velocity of the current is close to the speed of the Kuroshio near the Luzon Strait. In normal years, there is a "cool eddy". While in 2010, from July to August, the SST in the area was 2-3℃ higher than that of the same period in the history.
- Xisha sea area,
- sea level anomalies,
- ENSO,
- wind,
- current,
- SST

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