Observed characteristics of the North Yellow Sea water masses in summer  

作　　者：鲍献文 李娜 吴德星 

机构地区：[1]College of Physical and Environmental Oceanography,Ocean University of China

出　　处：《Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology》2010年第1期160-170,共11页中国海洋湖沼学报（英文版）

基　　金：Supported by China’s National 908 Program (Nos. 908-01-ST02,908-02-02-02; 908-02-02-03);National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40976001);National Basic Research Priorities Program (No. 2005CB422308);National High Technology Research and Development Program (863 Program,No. 2007AA092104)

摘　　要：In this paper, we characterize the North Yellow Sea （NYS） water masses in summer by analyzing temperature and salinity data surveyed in 2006. The Liaonan Coastal Water is characterized by low salinity westward and southward flow paths. The westward path flows parallel to land, turns to the south, then to the southeast adjacent to the mouth of the Lushun River, where it mixes with other coastal water directly to the southwest. It becomes the main source of low salinity water in the deep water area west of 123°E. The high-salinity Lubei Coastal Water is the remnant of the winter Lubei Coastal Water, which is located mostly in a small area between Yantai and Weihai, and does not originate in the Bohai Sea Coastal Water. The two NYS zones demarcated at 123°E have distinctly different temperature and salinity characteristics. There are two high-salinity centers east of 123°E, whereas there is low-salinity water to the west whose temperature and salinity structures are complex, composed of the coastal water south of Chengshantou, the Liaonan Coastal Water and the Bohai Sea Water.In this paper,we characterize the North Yellow Sea (NYS) water masses in summer by analyzing temperature and salinity data surveyed in 2006.The Liaonan Coastal Water is characterized by low salinity westward and southward flow paths.The westward path flows parallel to land,turns to the south,then to the southeast adjacent to the mouth of the Lüshun River,where it mixes with other coastal water directly to the southwest.It becomes the main source of low salinity water in the deep water area west of 123°E.The high-salinity Lubei Coastal Water is the remnant of the winter Lubei Coastal Water,which is located mostly in a small area between Yantai and Weihai,and does not originate in the Bohai Sea Coastal Water.The two NYS zones demarcated at 123°E have distinctly different temperature and salinity characteristics.There are two high-salinity centers east of 123°E,whereas there is low-salinity water to the west whose temperature and salinity structures are complex,composed of the coastal water south of Chengshantou,the Liaonan Coastal Water and the Bohai Sea Water.

关 键 词：Lubei Coastal Water Liaonan Coastal Water Yellow Sea Coastal Water （YSCW） Bohai SeaWater Yellow Sea Water upwelling near Chengshantou 

分 类 号：P731.16[天文地球—海洋科学] P731.27