WANG Fan, MENG Qingjia, TANG Xiaohui, HU Dunxin. The long-term variability of sea surface temperature in the seas east of China in the past 40 a[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2013, 32(3): 48-53. doi: 10.1007/s13131-013-0288-2
Citation: WANG Fan, MENG Qingjia, TANG Xiaohui, HU Dunxin. The long-term variability of sea surface temperature in the seas east of China in the past 40 a[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2013, 32(3): 48-53. doi: 10.1007/s13131-013-0288-2

The long-term variability of sea surface temperature in the seas east of China in the past 40 a

doi: 10.1007/s13131-013-0288-2
  • Received Date: 2011-07-06
  • Rev Recd Date: 2012-01-06
  • The global surface temperature change since the mid-19th century has caused general concern and intensive study. However, long-term changes in the marginal seas, including the seas east of China, are not well understood because long-term observations are sparse and, even when they exist, they are over limited areas. Preliminary results on the long-term variability of sea surface temperature (SST) in summer and winter in the seas east of China during the period of 1957-2001 are reported using the Ocean Science Database of Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the coastal hydrological station in situ and satellite data. The results show well-defined warming trends in the study area. However warming and cooling trends vary from decade to decade, with steady and rapid warming trends after the 1980s and complicated spatial patterns. The distribution of SST variation is intricate and more blurred in the areas far away from the Kuroshio system. Both historical and satellite data sets show significant warming trends after 1985. The warming trends are larger and spread to wider areas in winter than in summer, which means decrease in the seasonal cycle of SST probably linked with recently observed increase of the tropical zooplankton species in the region. Spatial structures of the SST trends are roughly consistent with the circulation pattern especially in winter when the meridional SST gradients are larger, suggesting that a horizontal advection may play an important role in the long-term SST variability in winter.
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