Pathways of mesoscale variability in the South China Sea

Wei Zhuang; Yan Du; Dongxiao Wang; Qiang Xie; Shangping Xie

doi:10.1007/s00343-010-0035-x

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Pathways of mesoscale variability in the South China Sea

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- Pathways of mesoscale variability in the South China Sea
- Pathways of mesoscale variability in the South China Sea
- 海洋湖沼学报（英文） 2010年28卷第5期页码：1055-1067
- Affiliations：
  
  1. Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Environmental Dynamics South China Sea Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences
  2. International Pacific Research Center and Department of Meteorology University of Hawaii
  3. Physical Oceanography Laboratory Ocean University of China
- Author bio：
- Funds：
  
  Supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (KZCX1-YW-12-01), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 40806006, 40876009), the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KZCX2-YW-BR-04), the Qianren Project
- DOI：10.1007/s00343-010-0035-x
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- 网络首发：2010-09-11，
  
  纸质出版：2010
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Pathways of mesoscale variability in the South China Sea[J]. 海洋湖沼学报（英文）, 2010,28(5):1055-1067.

Zhuang, W., Du, Y., Wang, D. et al. Pathways of mesoscale variability in the South China Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 28, 1055–1067 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-010-0035-x
Pathways of mesoscale variability in the South China Sea[J]. 海洋湖沼学报（英文）, 2010,28(5):1055-1067. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-010-0035-x.

Zhuang, W., Du, Y., Wang, D. et al. Pathways of mesoscale variability in the South China Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 28, 1055–1067 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-010-0035-x DOI：

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Abstract

The propagation of oceanic mesoscale signals in the South China Sea (SCS) is mapped from satellite altimetric observations and an eddy-resolving global ocean model by using the maximum cross-correlation (MCC) method. Significant mesoscale signals propagate along two major bands of high variability. The northern band is located west of the Luzon Strait

characterized by southwestward eddy propagation. Although eddies are the most active in winter

their southwestward migrations

steered by bathymetry

occur throughout the year. Advection by the mean flow plays a secondary role in modulating the propagating speed. The southern eddy band lies in the southwest part of the SCS deep basin and is oriented in an approximately meridional direction. Mesoscale variability propagates southward along the band in autumn. This southward eddy pathway could not be explained by mean flow advection and is likely related to eddy detachments from the western boundary current due to nonlinear effects. Our mapping of eddy propagation velocities provides important information for further understanding eddy dynamics in the SCS.

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