Thermohaline Front structure in the southern Yellow Sea in Winter

摘要：

　　A thermohaline front between the warm and saline Cheju Warm Current Water and the cold and fresh Yellow Sea Cold Water is formed in the southern Yellow Sea in winter.It is well-known the northward intrusion of the warm and saline water by the strong northerly wind.Observation results in 2003,however,show the westward flow along the front of east-west direction.It is occurred by the thermal wind effect because the denser Cheju Warm Current Water is under the lower Yellow Sea Cold Water/Korea Coastal Water.The front between the two water masses is maintained relatively stable due to the double-diffusion layering process,even though there is strong tidal currents.The westward flow along the front will be influence on the root of northwestward inflow into the Yellow Sea known as the Yellow Sea Warm Current.

关键词： Thermohaline Front Thermal wind Westward flow Yellow Sea

作者: Seok Lee Kyung-hee Oh Heung-Jae Lie Cheol-Ho Cho Kyu-Min Song

作者单位: Marine Environments & Conservation Research Division, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Ansan, Gyunggi-do, Korea, 426-744

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: The 17th Pacific -Asian Marginal Seas Meeting(第十七届太平洋与亚洲边缘海国际会议)

会议地点: 杭州

会议语种:英文

页码: 184-189

在线出版日期: 2013-04-23（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）