The variation of turbulent diapycnal mixing at 18°N in the South China Sea stirred by wind stress  

作　　者：LIU Yongzheng JING Zhao WU Lixin 

机构地区：[1]Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China/CIMST [2]Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology [3]Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University, College Station

出　　处：《Acta Oceanologica Sinica》2017年第5期26-30,共5页海洋学报（英文版）

基　　金：The National Basic Research Program(973 Program) of China under contract No.2013CB956201;the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract Nos 41521091,U1406401 and 41622602;the Global Change Project under contract No.GASI-03-01-01-05

摘　　要：The spatial and temporal variations of turbulent diapycnal mixing along 18°N in the South China Sea （SCS） are estimated by a fine-scale parameterization method based on strain, which is obtained from CTD measurements in yearly September from 2004 to 2010. The section mean diffusivity can reach -10-4 m^2/s, which is an order of magnitude larger than the value in the open ocean. Both internal tides and wind-generated near-inertial internal waves play an important role in furnishing the diapycnal mixing here. The former dominates the diapycnal mixing in the deep ocean and makes nonnegligible contribution in the upper ocean, leading to enhanced diapycnal mixing throughout the water column over rough topography, in contrast, the influence of the wind-induced near- inertial internal wave is mainly confined to the upper ocean. Over both flat and rough bathymetries, the diapycnal diffusivity has a growth trend from 2005 to 2010 in the upper 700 m, which results from the increase of wind work on the near-inertial motions.The spatial and temporal variations of turbulent diapycnal mixing along 18°N in the South China Sea （SCS） are estimated by a fine-scale parameterization method based on strain, which is obtained from CTD measurements in yearly September from 2004 to 2010. The section mean diffusivity can reach -10-4 m^2/s, which is an order of magnitude larger than the value in the open ocean. Both internal tides and wind-generated near-inertial internal waves play an important role in furnishing the diapycnal mixing here. The former dominates the diapycnal mixing in the deep ocean and makes nonnegligible contribution in the upper ocean, leading to enhanced diapycnal mixing throughout the water column over rough topography, in contrast, the influence of the wind-induced near- inertial internal wave is mainly confined to the upper ocean. Over both flat and rough bathymetries, the diapycnal diffusivity has a growth trend from 2005 to 2010 in the upper 700 m, which results from the increase of wind work on the near-inertial motions.

关 键 词：diapycnal mixing DIFFUSIVITY wind-induced near-inertial internal wave TOPOGRAPHY 

分 类 号：P731.2[天文地球—海洋科学]