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2021 Vol. 40, No. 11

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Physical Oceanography, Marine Meteorology and Marine Physics
Estimate of contribution of near-inertial waves to the velocity shear in the Bay of Bengal based on mooring observations from 2013 to 2014
Shanwu Zhang, Yun Qiu, Hangyu Chen, Junqiang Shen, Junpeng Zhang, Jing Cha, Fuwen Qiu, Chunsheng Jing
2021, 40(11): 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1743-0
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Near-inertial motions contribute most of the velocity shear in the upper ocean. In the Bay of Bengal (BoB), the annual-mean energy flux from the wind to near-inertial motions in the mixed layer in 2013 is dominated by tropical cyclone (TC) processes....
Observations and modelling of the travel time delay and leading negative phase of the 16 September 2015 Illapel, Chile tsunami
Peitao Wang, Zhiyuan Ren, Lining Sun, Jingming Hou, Zongchen Wang, Ye Yuan, Fujiang Yu
2021, 40(11): 11-30. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1830-2
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The systematic discrepancies in both tsunami arrival time and leading negative phase (LNP) were identified for the recent transoceanic tsunami on 16 September 2015 in Illapel, Chile by examining the wave characteristics from the tsunami records at 21...
Decadal variation of thermocline-sea surface temperature feedback in the tropical Indian Ocean and the underlying mechanisms
Meiqi Zhang, Shuangwen Sun, Lin Liu, Yongcan Zu, Lin Feng
2021, 40(11): 31-38. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1950-8
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The thermocline-sea surface temperature (SST) feedback is the most important component of the Bjerknes feedback, which plays an important role in the development of the air-sea coupling modes of the Indian Ocean. The thermocline-SST feedback in the I...
Oceanic vertical mixing of the lower halocline water in the Chukchi Borderland and Mendeleyev Ridge
Long Lin, Hailun He, Yong Cao, Tao Li, Yilin Liu, Mingfeng Wang
2021, 40(11): 39-49. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1825-z
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Oceanic vertical mixing of the lower halocline water (LHW) in the Chukchi Borderland and Mendeleyev Ridge was studied based on in situ hydrographic and turbulent observations. The depth-averaged turbulent dissipation rate of LHW demonstrates a clear ...
Effects of the seasonal variation in chlorophyll concentration on sea surface temperature in the global ocean
Jinfeng Ma, Hailong Liu, Pengfei Lin, Haigang Zhan
2021, 40(11): 50-61. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1765-7
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The effects of biological heating on the upper-ocean temperature of the global ocean are investigated using two ocean-only experiments forced by prescribed atmospheric fields during 1990–2007, on with fixed constant chlorophyll concentration, and the...
Frequent central Pacific La Niña events may accelerate Arctic warming since the 1980s
Jing Li, Lin Mu, Linhao Zhong
2021, 40(11): 62-69. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021/1843-x
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Including significant warming trend, Arctic climate changes also exhibit strong interannual variations in various fields, which is suggested to be related to El Niño and Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events. Previous studies have demonstrated the diffe...
Interannual variability in the sea surface cooling induced by tropical cyclones in the South China Sea
Juan Ouyang, Chunhua Qiu, Zhenhui Yi, Dongxiao Wang, Danyi Su, Hong Liang, Zihao Yang
2021, 40(11): 70-78. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1870-7
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Sea surface cooling induced by tropical cyclones (TCs) is an important component of air-sea interactions. Using coordinate transformation and composite analysis methods, we examined the interannual variability in TC-induced sea surface cooling (TCSSC...
Influences of the Great Whirl on surface chlorophyll a concentration off the Somali Coast in 2017
Lingxing Dai, Bing Han, Shilin Tang, Chuqun Chen, Yan Du
2021, 40(11): 79-86. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1740-3
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The general features of the Great Whirl (GW) off the Somali Coast in 2017 and its influences on chlorophyll a (Chl a) concentration were studied by using satellite data and model outputs. Results show that GW, which initiated at 7°N, 53°E on June 13,...
Recent improvements to the physical model of the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea Operational Oceanography Forecasting System
Ang Li, Xueming Zhu, Yunfei Zhang, Shihe Ren, Miaoyin Zhang, Ziqing Zu, Hui Wang
2021, 40(11): 87-103. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1840-0
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In order to satisfy the increasing demand for the marine forecasting capacity, the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea Operational Oceanography Forecasting System (BYEOFS) has been upgraded and improved to Version 2.0. Based on the Regio...
Multi-step ahead short-term predictions of storm surge level using CNN and LSTM network
Bao Wang, Shichao Liu, Bin Wang, Wenzhou Wu, Jiechen Wang, Dingtao Shen
2021, 40(11): 104-118. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1763-9
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Storm surges pose significant danger and havoc to the coastal residents’ safety, property, and lives, particularly at offshore locations with shallow water levels. Predictions of storm surges with hours of warning time are important for evacuation me...
Mechanisms for the link between onset and duration of open water in the Kara Sea
Chunming Dong, Hongtao Nie, Xiaofan Luo, Hao Wei, Wei Zhao
2021, 40(11): 119-128. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1767-5
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The sea ice conditions in the Kara Sea have important impacts on Arctic shipping, oil and gas production, and marine environmental changes. In this study, sea ice coverage (CR) less than 30% is considered as open water, its onset and end dates are de...
Wave-ice dynamical interaction: a numerical model and its application
Yang Zhang, Changsheng Chen, Guoping Gao, Jianhua Qi, Huichan Lin, Wei Yu, Liang Chang
2021, 40(11): 129-137. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1760-z
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In this paper, an ice floe inner stress caused by the wave-induced bending moment is derived to estimate the stress failure of ice floe. The strain and stress failures are combined to establish a wave-induced ice yield scheme. We added ice stress and...
Marine Geology
Geological characteristics of the Qiaoyue Seamount and associated ultramafic-hosted seafloor hydrothermal system (~52.1°E, Southwest Indian Ridge)
Yongjin Huang, Chunhui Tao, Jin Liang, Shili Liao, Yuan Wang, Dong Chen, Weifang Yang
2021, 40(11): 138-146. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1832-0
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Hydrothermal vent incidence was once thought to be proportional to the spreading rate of the mid-ocean ridges (MORs). However, more and more studies have shown that the ultraslow-spreading ridges (e.g., Southwest Indian Ridge (SWIR)) have a relativel...
Petrogenesis and tectonic implication of lavas from the Yap Trench, western Pacific
Ling Chen, Limei Tang, Jichao Yang, Xiaohu Li, Wei Wang, Fengyou Chu, Jie Zhang
2021, 40(11): 147-161. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-0185-y
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We present major and trace element data of lava recovered from the northern Yap Trench in the western Pacific and discuss their petrogenesis and tectonic implications within the framework of interactions between the Caroline Ridge and Yap Trench. Roc...
Tracking historical storm records from high-barrier lagoon deposits on the southeastern coast of Hainan Island, China
Liang Zhou, Xiaomei Xu, Yaping Wang, Jianjun Jia, Yang Yang, Gaocong Li, Changliang Tong, Shu Gao
2021, 40(11): 162-175. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1833-z
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The relationship between storm activity and global warming remains uncertain. To better understand storm–climate relationships, coastal lagoon deposits are increasingly being investigated because they could provide high-resolution storm records long ...
Marine Information Science
Arctic sea ice concentration retrieval using the DT-ASI algorithm based on FY-3B/MWRI data
Hairui Hao, Jie Su, Qian Shi, Lele Li
2021, 40(11): 176-188. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1839-6
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Sea ice concentration (SIC) is one of the most important indicators when monitoring climate changes in the polar region. With the development of the Chinese satellite technology, the FengYun (FY) series has been applied to retrieve the sea ice parame...
Roughness correction method for salinity remote sensing using combined active/passive observations
Wentao Ma, Guihong Liu, Yang Yu, Yanlei Du
2021, 40(11): 189-195. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1744-z
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Roughness-induced emission from ocean surfaces is one of the main issues that affects the retrieval accuracy of sea surface salinity remote sensing. In previous studies, the correction of roughness effect mainly depended on wind speeds retrieved from...
News and Views
Advances in interscale and interdisciplinary approaches to the South China Sea
Lingling Xie, Yi Guan, Jianyu Hu, Quanan Zheng
2021, 40(11): 196-199. doi: 10.1007/s13131-021-1963-3
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