Chemicohydrographic characteristics of the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass

XIN Ming; MA Deyi; WANG Baodong

doi:10.1007/s13131-015-0681-0

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XIN Ming, MA Deyi, WANG Baodong. Chemicohydrographic characteristics of the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2015, 34(6): 5-11. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0681-0

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XIN Ming, MA Deyi, WANG Baodong. Chemicohydrographic characteristics of the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2015, 34(6): 5-11. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0681-0

XIN Ming, MA Deyi, WANG Baodong. Chemicohydrographic characteristics of the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2015, 34(6): 5-11. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0681-0

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XIN Ming, MA Deyi, WANG Baodong. Chemicohydrographic characteristics of the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2015, 34(6): 5-11. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0681-0

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Chemicohydrographic characteristics of the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass

doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0681-0

1.
College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China;The First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266061, China
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The First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266061, China

Received Date: 2014-01-03
Rev Recd Date: 2014-11-10

Abstract

Abstract

Based on the field data obtained during summer cruises in 2006, the overall perspective of chemical and hydrographic characteristics of the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass (YSCWM) are discussed through the cross-YSCWM transect profiles and horizontal distributions of hydrological and chemical variables, with emphasis on the differences between the northern Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass (NYSCWM) and the southern Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass (SYSCWM). The results show that YSCWM is characterized by low temperature (<10℃) and dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration, high salinity (>32.0) and nutrient concentrations. Compared to the SYSCWM, the NYSCWM possesses lower values of temperature, salinity and nutrient concentrations but higher values of DO. Also its smaller variation ranges of variables (except for temperature) demonstrate that NYSCWM is more uniform than that of SYSCWM. In addition, thermocline is more intensive in the SYSCWM than that of NYSCWM. Furthermore, DO and Chl a maxima appear at the depth of 30 m in the SYSCWM, while these phenomena are not obvious in the NYSCWM.
- Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass (YSCWM),
- horizontal distribution,
- vertical profile,
- chemicohydrographic characteristics

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