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Chen Xingrong, Liu Zenghong, Wang Haiyan, Xu Dongfeng, Wang Lei. Significant salinity increase in subsurface waters of the South China Sea during 2016–2017[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2019, 38(11): 51-61. doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1498-z
Citation: Chen Xingrong, Liu Zenghong, Wang Haiyan, Xu Dongfeng, Wang Lei. Significant salinity increase in subsurface waters of the South China Sea during 2016–2017[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2019, 38(11): 51-61. doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1498-z
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Significant salinity increase in subsurface waters of the South China Sea during 2016–2017

doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1498-z
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    National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, Beijing 100081, China

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    State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, China;Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, China

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    Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou 310012, China

  • Received Date: 2019-07-26
    Abstract
  • The South China Sea (SCS) is the largest semi-enclosed marginal sea in the North Pacific. Salinity changes in the SCS play an important role in regional and global ocean circulation and the hydrological cycle. However, there are few studies on salinity changes over the SCS due to lack of high-quality and long-term observations. In the past decade, the deployment of floats from the Argo program in the SCS and their accumulated temperature and salinity profiles have made it possible for us to examine salinity changes over the entire basin. In this study, salinity changes were investigated with Argo and underwater glider temperature and salinity observations and gridded temperature–salinity objective analyses (UK Met Office Hadley Centre EN4.2.1 objective analysis and China Argo Real-time Data Center BOA_Argo). The results indicated that the subsurface water in the entire SCS became significantly saltier during 2016–2017. The most significant salinity increase was found during 2016 in the northeastern SCS. The subsurface water in the northeastern SCS exhibited a salinity maximum above 35, which was recorded by three Argo floats during 2015–2016. Such high salinity water was rarely observed and reported prior to the Argo era. Average salinity of 2016–2017 along the 25.5σθ–23.5σθ isopycnal surfaces in the whole SCS is 0.014-0.130 higher than the climatology. Increases in subsurface salinity started from the northeastern SCS and extended southwestward gradually. Moreover, the subsurface salinity changes, especially in the northern SCS, exhibited a semiannual lead behind the subsurface Luzon Strait transport. Further analysis indicated that the predominance of advection, driven by subsurface Luzon Strait transport, led to salinification along the western boundary of the SCS. In other parts of the SCS, negative wind stress curl trends tended to preserve the high salinity characteristics of the subsurface water.
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