Identification of Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Coastal Waters in Sanya Bay, South China Sea by Chemometrics

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ling
2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei-Lin Wu ◽  
Juan Ling ◽  
Li-Juan Long ◽  
Si Zhang ◽  
Yan-Ying Zhang ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 595-603 ◽  
Author(s):  
Weihua ZHOU ◽  
Tao LI ◽  
Chuanghua CAI ◽  
Liangmin HUANG ◽  
Hankui WANG ◽  
...  

Ocean Science ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 661-669 ◽  
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Abstract. Cyclonic and anticyclonic eddies from large scale to submesoscale in the northern South China Sea (NSCS) have been statistically characterized based on the satellite-tracked Lagrangian drifters using our developed geometric eddy identification method. There are in total 2208 eddies identified, 70% of which are anticyclonic eddies. If the submesoscale eddies are eliminated, the other eddies in the NSCS will show a 1.2:1 ratio of the number of anticyclones (210) to the number of cyclones (171). The spatial distribution of the eddies is regional: in southwest of Taiwan, the number of anticyclones dominates the number of cyclones, and most of them are the submesoscale anticyclones with small radii; in contrast, the large and medium cyclonic eddies are a little more than the same scale anticyclonic eddies in northwest of Luzon. The temporal distribution of eddy number in the NSCS has a close relation with the Asian monsoon. The number of the large and medium eddies peaks during the winter monsoon, while the submesoscale eddies are apt to generate in the summer monsoon. The spatial and temporal patterns have a good agreement with the results of the sea surface height anomaly (SSHA). The maximum and mean tangential velocities of anticyclones (cyclones) are 40 (30) cm s−1 and 25 (15) cm s−1, respectively. The calculated normalized vorticities from drifters suggest that although the mesoscale eddies may be considered in geostrophic balance, ageostrophic dynamics and centrifugal effects may play an important role for the growth and decay of the mesoscale cores.


2020 ◽  
Vol 150 ◽  
pp. 110616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roswati Md Amin ◽  
Erqa Shazira Sohaimi ◽  
Sabiqah Tuan Anuar ◽  
Zainudin Bachok

2022 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Takahiro Akaike ◽  
Sirikanya Chungthanawong ◽  
Hiroyuki Motomura

Three seamoth specimens (45.5–56.9 mm standard length; SL) (Syngnathiformes: Pegasidae), originally identified as Pegasus laternarius Cuvier, 1829, but now recognized as representing P. nanhaiensis Zhang, Wang et Lin, 2020, a species recently described from the northern South China Sea off Yangjiang and Beihai, China, were obtained at a local fish market in Maha Chai, Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand on 6 July 2012, having been caught in the northern Gulf of Thailand. In addition, single specimens, reported as P. laternarius or Spinipegasus laternarius from Bidong Island, South China Sea off the Malay Peninsula (46.1 mm SL) and from Ko Kradat, Trat Province, eastern Gulf of Thailand (66.1 mm SL), were re-identified here as P. nanhaiensis. Thai specimens and Malaysian record represent the first records of P. nanhaiensis from Thailand and Malaysia, respectively, and from outside Chinese coastal waters. Additionally, the Bidong specimen is the southernmost record for the species. The fresh coloration of P. nanhaiensis is described for the first time.


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