Implication of the South China Sea Throughflow for the Interannual Variability of the Regional Upper-Ocean Heat Content

LIU Qinyan; Ruixin HUANG; WANG Dongxiao

doi:10.1007/s00376-011-0068-x

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Implication of the South China Sea Throughflow for the Interannual Variability of the Regional Upper-Ocean Heat Content

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State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301,Deptartment of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA,State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301

doi: 10.1007/s00376-011-0068-x

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In this study the interannual variability of the upper-ocean heat content in the South China Sea (SCS) was revisited using simple ocean data assimilation (SODA) combined with objective analyzed data sets that included the horizontal and vertical structures. The results confirmed that the upper-ocean heat content in the SCS is lower than normal during the mature phase of El Nino events, and two super El Nino events, 1982/1983 and 1997/1998 were also included. The variability of the heat content was consistent with the variability of the dynamic height anomalies. The SCS throughflow (SCSTF) plays an important role in regulating the interannual variability of the heat content, especially during the mature phase of El Nino events.
- heat content,
- South China Sea throughflow
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Manuscript received: 10 January 2012

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沈阳化工大学材料科学与工程学院沈阳 110142

Implication of the South China Sea Throughflow for the Interannual Variability of the Regional Upper-Ocean Heat Content

1. State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301,Deptartment of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA,State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301

Manuscript received: 2012-01-10
Manuscript revised: 2012-01-10

Abstract: In this study the interannual variability of the upper-ocean heat content in the South China Sea (SCS) was revisited using simple ocean data assimilation (SODA) combined with objective analyzed data sets that included the horizontal and vertical structures. The results confirmed that the upper-ocean heat content in the SCS is lower than normal during the mature phase of El Nino events, and two super El Nino events, 1982/1983 and 1997/1998 were also included. The variability of the heat content was consistent with the variability of the dynamic height anomalies. The SCS throughflow (SCSTF) plays an important role in regulating the interannual variability of the heat content, especially during the mature phase of El Nino events.

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