Dynamic characteristics of seasonal thermocline in the deep sea region of the South China Sea

Liu Qin-yu; Yang Hai-jun; Wang Qi

doi:10.1007/BF02842568

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Dynamic characteristics of seasonal thermocline in the deep sea region of the South China Sea

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- Dynamic characteristics of seasonal thermocline in the deep sea region of the South China Sea
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 18, Issue 2, Pages: 104-109(2000)
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  Institute of Physical Oceanography Ocean University of Qingdao
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- DOI：10.1007/BF02842568
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- Published：2000
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Qin-yu, L., Hai-jun, Y. & Qi, W. Dynamic characteristics of seasonal thermocline in the deep sea region of the South China Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 18, 104–109 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02842568
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Qin-yu, L., Hai-jun, Y. & Qi, W. Dynamic characteristics of seasonal thermocline in the deep sea region of the South China Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 18, 104–109 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02842568 DOI：

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Abstract

The dynamic characteristics of the seasonal thermocline in the deep sea region of the South China Sea were analyzed by using seasonal mean temperature climatology. The thermocline undergoes remarkably seasonal variation throughout a year

is thinnest and weakest in winter

and thickest in spring

strongest in summer and fall. Due to the upper Ekman transport caused by monsoon over the SCS

the thermocline slopes upward (downward) in winter (summer) from northwest to southeast

but there is no pileup of upper warm water along the monsoon direction. In addition

the intrusion of the Kuroshio loop through the Luzon Strait

and some local eddies in the SCS

can notably affect the depth

thickness and strength of the thermocline in the deep sea region of the SCS.

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