Evaluation of the U.S. Navy’s Modular Ocean Data Assimilation System (MODAS) Using South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX) Data

2004 ◽  
Vol 60 (6) ◽  
pp. 1007-1021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter C. Chu ◽  
Wang Guihua ◽  
Chenwu Fan
Keyword(s):  
Data Assimilation ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
China Sea ◽  
South China Sea Monsoon ◽  
Ocean Data Assimilation ◽  
Data Assimilation System ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Assimilation System

scholarly journals Decadal variability of heat content in South China Sea inferred from observation data and an ocean data assimilation product

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1329-1342
Author(s):  
W. Song ◽  
J. Lan ◽  
Q. Liu ◽  
D. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Data Assimilation ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Surface Heat Flux ◽  
Decadal Variability ◽  
Heat Content ◽  
Surface Heat ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Ocean Data Assimilation

Abstract. Using an observation dataset of temperature and the Simple Ocean Data Assimilation (SODA), the decadal variability of upper ocean heat content (0–400 m; hereafter, OHC) in the South China Sea (SCS) was investigated for the period from 1958 to 2007. Decadal variability was identified as the dominant mode of upper OHC besides the seasonal cycle. According to deceasing or increasing OHC, four periods were chosen to discuss detailed processes behind OHC variability in the SCS; the four periods are 1958–1968, 1969–1981, 1982–1992, and 1993–2003. Results show that advection was the major factor for decreasing (increasing) OHC during 1958–1968 (1968–1981). During 1982–1992 and 1993–2003, the net surface heat flux was the main contributor to the variability of OHC besides the advection. The OHC, advection and net surface heat flux had significant rising tendencies during 1992–2003. The spatial characteristics of OHC variability and heat budget in the Luzon Strait, west of Luzon Island, and Xisha warm eddy region were also discussed in this paper.

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