Seasonal Variations of Upper Ocean Circulation over the South China Sea from Satellite Altimeter Data of Many Years

2005 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 602-610 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li-Feng BAO ◽  
Yang LU ◽  
Yong WANG ◽  
Hou-Ze XSU
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
South China ◽  
Seasonal Variations ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Altimeter Data ◽  
Upper Ocean ◽  
Satellite Altimeter ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Satellite Altimeter Data

scholarly journals Validation and Variation of Upper Layer Thickness in South China Sea from Satellite Altimeter Data

Sensors ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 3802-3818 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Yi Lin ◽  
Chung-Ru Ho ◽  
Zhe-Wen Zheng ◽  
Nan-Jung Kuo
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Layer Thickness ◽  
South China ◽  
Altimeter Data ◽  
Satellite Altimeter ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Satellite Altimeter Data

scholarly journals Low-Frequency Variability of Monsoon-Driven Circulation with Application to the South China Sea

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1632-1650 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haiyuan Yang ◽  
Lixin Wu ◽  
Sun Shantong ◽  
Chen Zhaohui
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Ocean Circulation ◽  
South China ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Upper Ocean ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Low Frequency Variability ◽  
Gyre System ◽  
Double Gyre

AbstractThe interannual variability of the upper-ocean circulation forced by seasonally varying monsoonal wind is investigated in a two-layer quasigeostrophic (QG) model, with the aim to understand the low-frequency variability of the South China Sea (SCS) circulation. It is demonstrated that the seasonally varying monsoonal wind can force the upper-ocean circulation with significant internal variability, which is mainly associated with the intrinsic nonlinear dynamics of the summer double-gyre system. This arises from the fact that the intrinsic variability, characterized by the Rossby wave adjustment in the winter single-gyre system, is much weaker than that in the summer double-gyre system driven by the intergyre eddy potential vorticity flux through barotropic instability.

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