摘要
A winter onshore warm tongue extending from the Yellow Sea Warm Current to the southern Jiangsu coast, and an of fshore cold tongue extending from the southern Jiangsu coast to the southwest of Jeju Island(South Korea), are newly identified based on the sea-surface temperature from satellite remote sensing, and further confirmed by the distribution of suspended sediments. In addition, there are two obvious thermal fronts associated with the onshore warm tongue and off shore cold tongue. The narrow gap between the two thermal fronts is supposed to be the pathway for the off shore transport of cold coastal water and suspended sediments. The concurrence of onshore warm and of fshore cold tongues suggests the concurrence of onshore and off shore currents in the western Yellow Sea in winter, which seems to be inconsistent with the previously accepted view that, in winter, the Yellow Sea Coastal Current flows from the Old Huanghe Delta to the southwest of Jeju Island. This distinctive phenomenon helps establish an updated view of the circulation in the western Yellow Sea in winter.
A winter onshore warm tongue extending from the Yellow Sea Warm Current to the southern Jiangsu coast, and an of fshore cold tongue extending from the southern Jiangsu coast to the southwest of Jeju Island（South Korea）, are newly identified based on the sea-surface temperature from satellite remote sensing, and further confirmed by the distribution of suspended sediments. In addition, there are two obvious thermal fronts associated with the onshore warm tongue and off shore cold tongue. The narrow gap between the two thermal fronts is supposed to be the pathway for the off shore transport of cold coastal water and suspended sediments. The concurrence of onshore warm and of fshore cold tongues suggests the concurrence of onshore and off shore currents in the western Yellow Sea in winter, which seems to be inconsistent with the previously accepted view that, in winter, the Yellow Sea Coastal Current flows from the Old Huanghe Delta to the southwest of Jeju Island. This distinctive phenomenon helps establish an updated view of the circulation in the western Yellow Sea in winter.
作者
SUN Junchuan
YANG Dezhou
YIN Baoshu
CHEN Haiying
FENG Xingru
孙俊川;杨德周;尹宝树;陈海英;冯兴如(Institute of Oceanology,Chinese A cademy of Sciences,Qingdao 266071,China;Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Qingdao 266071,China;University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100049,China;Key Laboratory of Marine Science and Numerical Modeling,Uirst Institute of Oceanography,State Oceanic Administration,Qingdao 266061,China)
基金
Supported by the Strategy Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(Nos.XDA10020104,XDA10020305)
the Foundation for Innovative Research Groups of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41421005)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41476019,41606040)
the NSFC-Shandong Joint Fund for Marine Science Research Centers(No.U1406401)
the High Performance Computing Center,Institute of Oceanology,Chinese Academy of Sciences in Qingdao
