The intermediate water in the Philippine Sea

Nan ZANG; Fan WANG; Janet SPRINTALL

doi:10.1007/s00343-020-0035-4

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The intermediate water in the Philippine Sea

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- The intermediate water in the Philippine Sea
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 38, Issue 5, Pages: 1343-1353(2020)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.CAS Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
  2.Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
  3.Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology(Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China
  4.College of Marine Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266400, China
  5.Scripps Institution of Oceanography, U. C. San Diego, La Jolla CA 92093-0230, U. S. A
- Author bio：
  
  ZANG Nan, zangnan@qdio.ac.cn
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s00343-020-0035-4
  CLC：
- Received：16 January 2020，
  
  Accepted：03 April 2020，
  
  Online First：19 May 2020，
  
  Published：2020-09
- Accepted：
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Nan ZANG, Fan WANG, Janet SPRINTALL. The intermediate water in the Philippine Sea[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2020, 38(5): 1343-1353.
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Nan ZANG, Fan WANG, Janet SPRINTALL. The intermediate water in the Philippine Sea[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2020, 38(5): 1343-1353. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-020-0035-4.

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Abstract

The dimensional and temporal distribution of Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) and North Pacific Intermediate Water (NPIW) in the Philippine Sea were explored using Argo profiles and gridded Argo data. As the salinity minimum of intermediate water from mid-high latitude of the southern and northern hemisphere of the Pacific Ocean

the properties of AAIW and NPIW merge at about 10°N with different properties in the Philippine Sea. The core of AAIW is located below 600 dbar with potential density of 27 ≤

≤ 27.3 kg/m

and salinity of 34.5 ≤

≤ 34.55. The core of NPIW is located between 300-700 dbar with potential density of 26.2 ≤

≤ 27 kg/m

and salinity of 34 ≤

≤ 34.4. The volume of AAIW and NPIW during January 2004 to December 2017 is negatively correlated. The time series of AAIW and NPIW is dominated by significant periods of 6 and 8 months

respectively. The variations of AAIW and NPIW are mainly affected by volume transport through a 130°E section by the North Equatorial Current (NEC) and North Equatorial Undercurrent (NEUC).

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