The effect of Stokes drift on Ekman transport in the open sea

BI Fan WU Kejian ZHANG Yuming

BIFan, WUKejian, ZHANGYuming. The effect of Stokes drift on Ekman transport in the open sea[J]. 海洋学报英文版, 2012, (6): 12-18. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0249-1
引用本文: BIFan, WUKejian, ZHANGYuming. The effect of Stokes drift on Ekman transport in the open sea[J]. 海洋学报英文版, 2012, (6): 12-18. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0249-1
BI Fan, WU Kejian, ZHANG Yuming. The effect of Stokes drift on Ekman transport in the open sea[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2012, (6): 12-18. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0249-1
Citation: BI Fan, WU Kejian, ZHANG Yuming. The effect of Stokes drift on Ekman transport in the open sea[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2012, (6): 12-18. doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0249-1

The effect of Stokes drift on Ekman transport in the open sea

doi: 10.1007/s13131-012-0249-1
基金项目: The National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 40976005 and 40930844.

The effect of Stokes drift on Ekman transport in the open sea

  • 摘要: By introducing the wave-induced Coriolis-Stokes forcing into ageostrophic motion equation, the Eulerian transport is modified by the wave-induced Stokes drift. The long-term mean contributions of the Stokes transport with remotely generated swells being included to the ageostrophic transport are analyzed using the ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) reanalysis data. The ratio of Stokes transport to Ekman transport in north-south (N-S) direction can reach a maximum of over 50% in the subtropical region. The preliminary influence of the Stokes transport on the North Pacific gyre is all year persistent, while the effect on the North Atlantic gyre is only obvious in boreal winter and early spring.
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  • 收稿日期:  2011-04-19
  • 修回日期:  2012-05-03

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