Comparison between the response of the Northwest Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea to Typhoon Megi (2010)

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zi-Liang Li ◽  
Ping Wen
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Northwest Pacific ◽  
The South ◽  
Northwest Pacific Ocean ◽  
China Sea ◽  
The Northwest Pacific Ocean

scholarly journals Draft Genome Sequences of Two Bacterial Strains, Muricauda sp. 72 and NH166, Isolated from the South China Sea and West Pacific Ocean

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (44) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ying Zheng ◽  
Cong Sun
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Bacterial Strains ◽  
The South ◽  
Genome Sequences ◽  
West Pacific ◽  
China Sea ◽  
West Pacific Ocean

Here, we report the whole-genome sequences of two bacterial strains, Muricauda sp. 72 and NH166, isolated from the South China Sea and West Pacific Ocean, respectively. These two strains may represent a novel species of the genus Muricauda, and the features of their genome sequences will enrich our understandings of strains in the genus Muricauda.

scholarly journals Multidecadal Changes of Upper-Ocean Thermal Conditions in the Tropical Northwest Pacific Ocean versus South China Sea during 1960–2015

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. 3999-4016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tzu-Ling Chiang ◽  
Yi-Chia Hsin ◽  
Chau-Ron Wu
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Thermal Conditions ◽  
North Equatorial Current ◽  
Upper Ocean ◽  
Northwest Pacific ◽  
Northwest Pacific Ocean ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Basin Scale

Abstract By analyzing the upper-ocean properties of observation-based hydrographic data and validated oceanic reanalysis products, this study presents multidecadal changes of oceanic surface and subsurface thermal conditions in the tropical northwest Pacific Ocean (TNWP) and South China Sea (SCS) during 1960–2015. The analysis reveals that a transition of a 30-yr trend took place in 1980s during the analyzed period for both the surface and subsurface environment. Generally, the warming trend of sea surface temperature (SST) in the TNWP has a similar multidecadal change to that in the SCS. However, a huge accumulating rate of upper-ocean heat content above the 26°C isotherm (UOHC26) showed up in the TNWP (about 3 times compared to that in the SCS) in the last 30 years. In the TNWP, the southward shift of the North Equatorial Current on the multidecadal time scale induces the vertical displacement of isotherms, leading to a strong subsurface warming around the top of the thermocline. Secondarily, the Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO)-related SST regulates the thermal structure in the mixed layer. The multidecadal UOHC26 in the SCS is mainly attributed to the PDO-related SST and further modulated by the isothermal variability caused by the change of basin-scale SCS circulation.

scholarly journals Tropical Cyclone–Induced Ocean Response: A Comparative Study of the South China Sea and Tropical Northwest Pacific*,+

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (15) ◽  
pp. 5952-5968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Mei ◽  
Chun-Chi Lien ◽  
I.-I. Lin ◽  
Shang-Ping Xie
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Mixed Layer ◽  
South China ◽  
Regional Difference ◽  
Chlorophyll Concentration ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Northwest Pacific ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Sst Cooling

Abstract The thermocline shoals in the South China Sea (SCS) relative to the tropical northwest Pacific Ocean (NWP), as required by geostrophic balance with the Kuroshio. The present study examines the effect of this difference in ocean state on the response of sea surface temperature (SST) and chlorophyll concentration to tropical cyclones (TCs), using both satellite-derived measurements and three-dimensional numerical simulations. In both regions, TC-produced SST cooling strongly depends on TC characteristics (including intensity as measured by the maximum surface wind speed, translation speed, and size). When subject to identical TC forcing, the SST cooling in the SCS is more than 1.5 times that in the NWP, which may partially explain weaker TC intensity on average observed in the SCS. Both a shallower mixed layer and stronger subsurface thermal stratification in the SCS contribute to this regional difference in SST cooling. The mixed layer effect dominates when TCs are weak, fast-moving, and/or small; and for strong and slow-moving TCs or strong and large TCs, both factors are equally important. In both regions, TCs tend to elevate surface chlorophyll concentration. For identical TC forcing, the surface chlorophyll increase in the SCS is around 10 times that in the NWP, a difference much stronger than that in SST cooling. This large regional difference in the surface chlorophyll response is at least partially due to a shallower nutricline and stronger vertical nutrient gradient in the SCS. The effect of regional difference in upper-ocean density stratification on the surface nutrient response is negligible. The total annual primary production increase associated with the TC passage estimated using the vertically generalized production model in the SCS is nearly 3 times that in the NWP (i.e., 6.4 ± 0.4 × 1012 versus 2.2 ± 0.2 × 1012 g C), despite the weaker TC activity in the SCS.

Redescription of Sillago (Parasillago) indica McKay, Dutt & Sujatha, 1985 (Perciformes: Sillaginidae), with a reassignment to the subgenus Sillago

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3513 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
TATSUYA KAGA ◽  
HSUAN-CHING HO
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
First Record ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Western Pacific Ocean ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea

The Indian sillago, Sillago indica McKay, Dutt & Sujatha, 1985, is redescribed on the basis of three paratypes and two newly collected specimens.  The presence of two posterior extensions of the swimbladder instead of one suggests that it belongs to the subgenus Sillago.  Comments on its subgeneric status and comparisons with members of Sillago (Sillago) are provided.  Two specimens collected from Vietnam represent the first record of the species from the South China Sea, western Pacific Ocean.

scholarly journals Deep Circulation in the South China Sea Simulated in a Regional Model

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaolong Zhao ◽  
Chun Zhou ◽  
Xiaobiao Xu ◽  
Ruijie Ye ◽  
Jiwei Tian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Spatial Structure ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Northwest Pacific ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Deep Circulation ◽  
Mixing Parameters ◽  
Circulation In The Scs

Abstract. The South China Sea (SCS) is the largest marginal sea in the northwest Pacific Ocean. In this study, deep circulation in the SCS is investigated using results from eddy-resolving, regional simulations using the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) verified by continuous current-meter observations. Analysis of these results provides a detailed spatial structure and temporal variability of the deep circulation in the SCS. The major features of the SCS deep circulation are a basin-scale cyclonic gyre and a concentrated deep western boundary current (DWBC). Transport of the DWBC is ∼ 2 Sv at 16.5° N with a width of ∼53 km. Flowing southwestward, the narrow DWBC becomes weaker with a wider range. The model results reveal the existence of 80- to 120-day oscillation in the deep northeastern circulation and the DWBC, which are also the areas with elevated eddy kinetic energy. This intraseasonal oscillation propagates northwestward with a velocity amplitude of ∼ 1.0 to 1.5 cm s-1. The distribution of mixing parameters in the deep SCS plays a role in both spatial structure and volume transport of the deep circulation. Compared with the northern shelf of the SCS with the Luzon Strait, deep circulation in the SCS is more sensitive to the large vertical mixing parameters of the Zhongsha Island Chain area.

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