scholarly journals Temporal and spatial variabilities of the South China Sea surface temperature anomaly

1997 ◽  
Vol 102 (C9) ◽  
pp. 20937-20955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter C. Chu ◽  
Shihua Lu ◽  
Yuchun Chen
2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 681-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zijun Gan ◽  
Youfang Yan ◽  
Yiquan Qi

Abstract Based on the data of optimum interpolation sea surface temperature (OISST), the temporal correlations of the sea surface temperature anomaly (SSTA) in the South China Sea (SCS) are studied by using the rescaled range analysis (R/S) and detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA). The results show that the scaling exponents of SSTAs are larger than 0.8. This finding indicates that the SSTAs in the SCS exhibit persistent long-range time correlation of the fluctuations and the interval spreads over a wide period, from about 1 month to 4.5 yr (4∼235 weeks). In addition, the “degree” of the correlations depends very much on the geographic locations: near to the coastal regions, the value is small, while far from the coastline, the value is relatively larger. This means that SSTAs in the central SCS are smoother than those of the coastal regions. The persistence of SST in the SCS may be used as a “minimum skill” to assess the ocean models and to evaluate their performance.


2017 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 268-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mong-Sin Wu ◽  
Yongqiang Zong ◽  
Ka-Man Mok ◽  
Ka-Ming Cheung ◽  
Haixian Xiong ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 707-726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Ngu T. Huynh ◽  
Aida Alvera-Azcárate ◽  
Alexander Barth ◽  
Jean-Marie Beckers

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