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2020 Vol. 39, No. 5

2020-5 Contents
2020, (5): 1-2.
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Physical Oceanography, Marine Meteorology and Marine Physics
On residual velocities in sigma coordinates in narrow tidal channels
Peng Cheng
2020, 39(5): 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1579-z
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In shallow coastal regions where water surface fluctuations are non-negligible compared to the mean water depth, the use of sigma coordinates allows the calculation of residual velocity around the mean water surface level. Theoretical analysis and ge...
Using a skillful statistical model to predict September sea ice covering Arctic shipping routes
Sha Li, Muyin Wang, Wenyu Huang, Shiming Xu, Bin Wang, Yuqi Bai
2020, 39(5): 11-25. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1595-z
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The rapid decrease in Arctic sea ice cover and thickness not only has a linkage with extreme weather in the mid-latitudes but also brings more opportunities for Arctic shipping routes and polar resource exploration, both of which motivate us to furth...
A comparison of the strength and position variability of the Kuroshio Extension SST front
Peilong Yu, Lifeng Zhang, Mingyang Liu, Quanjia Zhong, Yongchui Zhang, Xin Li
2020, 39(5): 26-34. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1567-3
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This study compares the seasonal and interannual-to-decadal variability in the strength and position of the Kuroshio Extension front (KEF) using high-resolution satellite-derived sea surface temperature (SST) and sea surface height (SSH) data. Result...
A numerical study of Stokes drift and thermal effects on the oceanic mixed layer
Xuewei Li, Dongliang Zhao, Zhongshui Zou
2020, 39(5): 35-45. doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1448-9
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This study explores the influence of Stokes drift and the thermal effects on the upper ocean bias which occurs in the summer with overestimated sea surface temperature (SST) and shallower mixed layer depth (MLD) using Mellor-Yamada turbulence closure...
Rapid changes in the near-bottom temperature of the bottom aquaculture area around the Zhangzi Island in summer
Xueliang Nan, Hao Wei, Renfu Fan, Wei Yang
2020, 39(5): 46-54. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1605-1
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Rapid changes in the near-bottom water temperature are important environmental factors that can significantly affect the growth and development of species in the bottom culture. The object of this research is to investigate the mechanism causing thes...
Pathways of meridional atmospheric moisture transport in the central Arctic
Daohuan Xu, Ling Du, Jingkai Ma, Huangyuan Shi
2020, 39(5): 55-64. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1598-9
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Atmospheric moisture transport plays an important role in latent heat release and hydrologic interactions in the Arctic. In recent years, with the rapid decline in sea ice, this transport has changed. Here, we calculated the vertically integrated atm...
Unstable relationship between spring NAO and summer tropical cyclone genesis frequency over the western North Pacific
Qun Zhou, Wen Chen
2020, 39(5): 65-76. doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1509-0
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The present study reveals the fact that the relationship between the spring (April–May) North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the following summer (June–September) tropical cyclone (TC) genesis frequency over the western North Pacific (WNP) during the...
Typhoon storm surge ensemble forecast based on GPU technique
Qiuxing Liu, Jinrong Jiang, Fujiang Yu, Changkuan Zhang, Jianxi Dong, Xiaojiang Song, Yuzhu Wang
2020, 39(5): 77-86. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1570-8
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The accuracy of typhoon forecasts plays an important role in the prediction of storm surges. The uncertainty of a typhoon’s intensity and track means it is necessary to use an ensemble model to predict typhoon storm surges. A hydrodynamic model, whic...
Effects of islands and downslope seafloors on underwater noise in the northern South China Sea during a typhoon
Hongtao Wen, Ning Wang, Yanming Yang, Hailin Ruan, Dewei Xu
2020, 39(5): 87-95. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1566-4
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The correlation of ambient noise with wind speed, and the depth dependence of ambient noise are both investigated, where the ocean noise data were recorded by a vertical line array in the northern South China Sea. It is shown that the correlation coe...
Marine Geology
Wave flume experiments on dynamics of the bottom boundary layer in silty seabed
Mingzheng Wen, Yonggang Jia, Zhenhao Wang, Shaotong Zhang, Hongxian Shan
2020, 39(5): 96-104. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1571-7
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The objectives of this study are carried out a series of controlled large wave flume experiments using fine-grained sediment from the Huanghe River Delta, exploring the complete sequence of sediment behavior in the bottom boundary layer (BBL) during ...
Ocean Engineering
Numerical investigation of solitary wave run-up attenuation by patchy vegetation
Chuyan Zhao, Yan Zhang, Jun Tang, Yongming Shen
2020, 39(5): 105-114. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1572-6
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Coastal vegetation is capable of decreasing wave run-up. However, because of regrowth, decay or man-made damage, coastal vegetation is always distributed in patches, and its internal distribution is often non-uniform. This study investigates the effe...
Marine Technology
Research on sea surface temperature retrieval by the one-dimensional synthetic aperture microwave radiometer, 1D-SAMR
Weihua Ai, Mengyan Feng, Guanyu Chen, Wen Lu
2020, 39(5): 115-122. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1540-1
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Due to the low spatial resolution of sea surface temperature (TS) retrieval by real aperture microwave radiometers, in this study, an iterative retrieval method that minimizes the differences between brightness temperature (TB) measured and modeled w...
Measurement of the sea surface using a GPS towing-body in Wanshan area
Wanlin Zhai, Jianhua Zhu, Chaofei Ma, Xiaohui Fan, Longhao Yan, He Wang, Chuntao Chen
2020, 39(5): 123-132. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1599-8
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Wanshan area has been chosen to be the specified field to calibrate and validate (Cal/Val) the HY-2 altimeter and its follow-on satellites. In March 2018, an experiment has been conducted to determine the sea surface height (SSH) under the HY-2A grou...
Acoustic characteristics of cold-seep methane bubble behavior in the water column and its potential environmental impact
Jiangong Wei, Tingting Wu, Xiguang Deng, Zongze Yu, Lifeng Wang
2020, 39(5): 133-144. doi: 10.1007/s13131-019-1489-0
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The amount of methane leaked from deep sea cold seeps is enormous and potentially affects the global warming, ocean acidification and global carbon cycle. It is of great significance to study the methane bubble movement and dissolution process in the...
A new scattering similarity based metric for ship detection in polarimetric synthetic aperture radar image
Haitao Lang, Yunhong Tao, Lihui Niu, Hongji Shi
2020, 39(5): 145-150. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1563-7
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A new paradigm for ship detection in polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (Pol-SAR) image is presented. We firstly utilize the scattering similarity parameters to investigate the differences of scattering mechanism between ships and sea clutter. Bas...
Marine Information Science
Study on characteristics of internal solitary waves in the Malacca Strait based on Sentinel-1 and GF-3 satellite SAR data
Jing Ning, Lina Sun, Haiji Cui, Kexiao Lu, Jing Wang
2020, 39(5): 151-156. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1604-2
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The study of the characteristics of internal solitary waves happened in the Malacca Strait is an urgent problem for submarine, ship navigation and marine engineering. Based on SAR remote sensing data obtained from the high spatial resolution Sentinel...
Sea-water-level prediction via combined wavelet decomposition, neuro-fuzzy and neural networks using SLA and wind information
Bao Wang, Bin Wang, Wenzhou Wu, Changbai Xi, Jiechen Wang
2020, 39(5): 157-167. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1569-1
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Sea-water-level (SWL) prediction significantly impacts human lives and maritime activities in coastal regions, particularly at offshore locations with shallow water levels. Long-term SWL forecasts, which are conventionally obtained via harmonic analy...
News and Views
Recent and imminent calving events do little to impair Amery ice shelf’s stability
Teng Li, Yan Liu, Xiao Cheng
2020, 39(5): 168-170. doi: 10.1007/s13131-020-1600-6
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