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Correlation analysis of the North Equatorial Current bifurcation and the Indonesian Throughflow
ZHAO Yunxia, WEI Zexun, WANG Yonggang, XU Tengfei, FENG Ying
2015, 34(9): 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0736-2
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Based on monthly mean Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA) products from 1958 to 2007, this study analyzes the seasonal and interannual variability of the North Equatorial Current (NEC) bifurcation latitude and the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) volum...
Mesoscale surface circulation and variability of Southern Indian Ocean derived by combining satellite altimetry and drifter observations
BENNY N. Peter, SHENBAKAVALLI Ranjan, MAZLAN Hashim, MOHD Nadzri Reba, MOHD Razali Mahmud
2015, 34(9): 12-22. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0733-5
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High resoultion Eulerian mean velocity field has been derived by combining the satellite tracked surface drifter data with satellite altimetry and ocean surface winds. The drifter data used in this study includes Argos and surface drifter data from G...
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
2015, 34(9): 23-34. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0720-x
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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 characte...
Shoaling of the internal solitary waves over the continental shelf of the northern South China Sea
QIAN Hongbao, HUANG Xiaodong, TIAN Jiwei, ZHAO Wei
2015, 34(9): 35-42. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0734-4
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The activities of internal solitary waves (ISWs) over the continental shelf of the northern South China Sea (SCS) are of high complexity. In this study, we investigated the spatial-temporal characteristics of the shoaling ISWs over the northern SCS c...
Evaluation of the simulation capability of the Wavewatch Ⅲ model for Pacific Ocean wave
BI Fan, SONG Jinbao, WU Kejian, XU Yao
2015, 34(9): 43-57. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0737-1
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Wave climate analysis and other applications for the Pacific Ocean require a reliable wave hindcast. Five source and sink term packages in the Wavewatch Ⅲ model (v3.14 and v4.18) are compared and assessed in this study through comprehensive observati...
The seasonal variations in the significant wave height and sea surface wind speed of the China's seas
ZHENG Chongwei, PAN Jing, TAN Yanke, GAO Zhansheng, RUI Zhenfeng, CHEN Chaohui
2015, 34(9): 58-64. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0738-0
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Long-term variations in a sea surface wind speed (WS) and a significant wave height (SWH) are associated with the global climate change, the prevention and mitigation of natural disasters, and an ocean resource exploitation, and other activities. The...
The measurement of sea surface profile with X-band coherent marine radar
WANG Yunhua, LI Huimin, ZHANG Yanmin, GUO Lixin
2015, 34(9): 65-70. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0731-7
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The line-of-sight velocity of scattering facets is related to the Doppler signals of X-band coherent marine radar from the oceanic surface. First, the sign Doppler Estimator is applied to estimate the Doppler shift of each radar resolution cell. And ...
The damping model for sea waves covered by oil films of a finite thickness
ZHANG Yanmin, ZHANG Jie, WANG Yunhua, MENG Junmin, ZHANG Xi
2015, 34(9): 71-77. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0729-1
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In combination with a wave action balance equation, a damping model for sea waves covered by oil films of a finite thickness is proposed. The damping model is not only related to the physical parameters of the oil film, but also related to environmen...
Projection of the Zhujiang (Pearl) River Delta's potential submerged area due to sea level rise during the 21st century based on CMIP5 simulations
XIA Jiangjiang, YAN Zhongwei, ZHOU Wen, FONG Soi Kun, LEONG Ka Cheng, TANG Iu Man, CHANG S W, LEONG W K, JIN Shaofei
2015, 34(9): 78-84. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0700-1
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Projections of potential submerged area due to sea level rise are helpful for improving understanding of the influence of ongoing global warming on coastal areas. The Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition method is used to adaptively decompose the se...
A new method to retrieve salinity profiles from sea surface salinity observed by SMOS satellite
YANG Tingting, CHEN Zhongbiao, HE Yijun
2015, 34(9): 85-93. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0735-3
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This paper proposes a new method to retrieve salinity profiles from the sea surface salinity (SSS) observed by the Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite. The main vertical patterns of the salinity profiles are firstly extracted from the s...
Causes for different spatial distributions of minimum Arctic sea-ice extent in 2007 and 2012
CUI Hongyan, QIAO Fangli, SHU Qi, SONG Yajuan, JIANG Chunfei
2015, 34(9): 94-101. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0676-x
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Satellite records show the minimum Arctic sea ice extents (SIEs) were observed in the Septembers of 2007 and 2012, but the spatial distributions of sea ice concentration reduction in these two years were quite different. Atmospheric circulation patte...
A study of multiyear ice concentration retrieval algorithms using AMSR-E data
HAO Guanghua, SU Jie
2015, 34(9): 102-109. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0656-1
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In recent years, the rapid decline of Arctic sea ice area (SIA) and sea ice extent (SIE), especially for the multiyear (MY) ice, has led to significant effect on climate change. The accurate retrieval of MY ice concentration retrieval is very importa...
Mapping bathymetry based on waterlines observed from low altitude Helikite remote sensing platform
JO Young-Heon, SHA Jin, KWON Jae-Il, JUN Kicheon, PARK Jinku
2015, 34(9): 110-116. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0730-8
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Mapping shoreline changes along coastal regions is critically important in monitoring continuously rising sea surface heights due to climate change and frequent severe storms. Thus, it is especially important if the region has very high tidal ranges ...
Marine Geology
Mass transport deposits and processes in the north slope of the Xisha Trough, northern South China Sea
QIN Zhiliang, WU Shiguo, WANG Dawei, LI Wei, GONG Shaojun, MI Lijun, SPENCE George
2015, 34(9): 117-125. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0608-9
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Triple mass-transport deposits (MTDs) with areas of 625, 494 and 902 km2, respectively, have been identified on the north slope of the Xisha Trough, northern South China Sea margin. Based on high-resolution seismic reflection data and multi-beam bath...
A geomorphological response of beaches to Typhoon Meari in the eastern Shandong Peninsula in China
DING Dong, YANG Jichao, LI Guangxue, DADA Olusegun A, GONG Lixin, WANG Nan, WANG Xiangdong, ZHANG Bin
2015, 34(9): 126-135. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0644-5
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Eight representative beach profiles on the eastern coast of the Shandong Peninsula are observed and measured in 2011 and 2012 to determine the coastal processes under the lower tropical wind speed condition and the beach response to and recovery from...
The characteristics of consolidation settlement and its contribution to the topographical change in the northern modern Huanghe River subaqueous delta in China
LIU Jie, LI Ping, LIU Xiao, XU Yuanqin, GAO Wei
2015, 34(9): 136-142. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0732-6
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The sediments of the modern Huanghe River subaqueous delta are easily to generate settlement and lead to topography change which is due to fast deposition rate, high void ratio, moisture content and compressibility. The sediment consolidation settlem...
Ocean Engineering
Exploitable wave energy assessment based on ERA-Interim reanalysis data—A case study in the East China Sea and the South China Sea
WAN Yong, ZHANG Jie, MENG Junmin, WANG Jing
2015, 34(9): 143-155. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0641-8
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Wave energy resources assessment is a very important process before the exploitation and utilization of the wave energy. At present, the existing wave energy assessment is focused on theoretical wave energy conditions for interesting areas. While the...