Interannual variability of summertime eddy-induced heat transport in the Western South China Sea and its formation mechanism
| Autor: | Lasitha Perera Gonaduwage, Dongxiao Wang, Tilak Priyadarshana, Gengxin Chen, Jinglong Yao |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Atmospheric Science
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Simple Ocean Data Assimilation Baroclinity Flux Zonal and meridional Forcing (mathematics) 010502 geochemistry & geophysics 01 natural sciences Eddy diffusion Temperature gradient Climatology Environmental science Geostrophic wind 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Climate Dynamics. 57:451-468 |
| ISSN: | 1432-0894 0930-7575 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00382-021-05719-7 |
| Popis: | The interannual variability of summertime eddy-induced heat transport (EHT) in the western South China Sea (WSCS) is investigated based on the downgradient eddy diffusivity method and explored its formation mechanism. Estimations of long-term mean EHT and its monthly evolution reveal that the largest EHT in the SCS occurs in the WSCS region during the summer. In the WSCS, enhanced EHT and eddy kinetic energy (EKE) levels are simultaneously observed in 1994, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014 whereas the lower EHT and EKE levels are observed in 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2017 during JAS (July, August and September) months. Analysis of the Simple Ocean Data Assimilation, version 3.3.1 (SODAv3) data along 110.75° E reveals a strong surface intensification of the summertime eastward jet (SEJ) in the EHT-strong years than the EHT-weak years. Linear stability analysis conducted by adopting a 2 ½-layer reduced gravity model shows that the increased EHT in EHT-strong years is due to the enhanced baroclinic instability caused by the strong vertical shear developed through the surface-intensification of SEJ. The cause for the interannually varying vertical shear can be sought in the interannually varying meridional temperature gradient which is influenced by the combined forcing of the meridional Ekman flux convergence, meridional geostrophic flux convergence, and convergence of the latitudinally dependent surface heat flux forcing. It is also found that the interannual variations of EHT in the SCS are partially influenced by the local wind stress curl and remote forcing from the eastern boundary. |
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