Tidal effects on temperature front in the Yellow Sea
Temperature front (TF) is one of the important features in the Yellow Sea, which forms in spring,thrives in summer, and fades in autumn as thermocline declines. TF intensity |ST| is defined to describe the distribution of TF. Based on the MASNUM wave-tide-circulation coupled model, temperature distribution in the Yellow Sea was simulated with and without tidal effects. Along 36°N, distribution of TF from the simulated results are compared with the observations, and a quantitative analysis is introduced to evaluate the tidal effects on the forming and maintaining processes of the TF. Tidal mixing and the circulation structure adapting to it are the main causes of the TF.
作 者： 马建 乔方利 夏长水 杨永增 作者单位： The First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, SOA, Qingdao 266061, China;Key Laboratory of Marine Sciences and Numerical Modeling (MASNUM), SOA, Qingdao 266061, China 刊 名： 中国海洋湖沼学报(英文版) ISTIC SCI 英文刊名： CHINESE JOURNAL OF OCEANOLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY 年，卷(期)： 2004 22(3) 分类号： 关键词： temperature front tidal effects tidal mixing wave-tide-circulation coupled model Yellow Sea ColdWater Mass