Analyses of upper layer thickness in the South China Sea

Chun Yi Lin; Zhe Wen Zheng; Chih Chung Tsao; Chung Ru Ho; Nan Jung Kuol

doi:10.1109/OCEANSKOBE.2008.4531098

Analyses of upper layer thickness in the South China Sea

Chun Yi Lin, Zhe Wen Zheng, Chih Chung Tsao, Chung Ru Ho^*, Nan Jung Kuol

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Abstract

TOPEX/Poseidon (T/P) satellite altimeter data from 1992 to 1999 and in-situ measurements from 1980 to 1999 are used to analyze the upper layer thickness (ULT) in the South China Sea (SCS). The ULT is defined as the depth of the 14°C isotherm from in-situ measurements. In comparison with the ULT derived from in-situ measurements and that derived from T/P altimeter data yields a correlation coefficient of 0.89 with a slope of 1.01 and an intercept of -2 m. The basin averaged ULT derived from in-situ measurements is about 216 m with a seasonal variation of 200 m (winter) to 230 (summer). The ULT is highly correlated with the sea surface temperature (SST) in the study area except the periods of El Niño. During the normal and La Niña years, ULT is deeper (shallower) when SST is higher (lower). However, during the onset of El Niño event, a reverse result is found, that is, ULT is deeper (shallower) when SST is lower (higher).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	OCEANS'08 MTS/IEEE Kobe-Techno-Ocean'08 - Voyage toward the Future, OTO'08
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANSKOBE.2008.4531098
Publication status	Published - 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	OCEANS'08 MTS/IEEE Kobe-Techno-Ocean'08 - Voyage toward the Future, OTO'08 - Kobe, Japan Duration: 2008 Apr 9 → 2008 Apr 11

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Country/Territory	Japan
City	Kobe
Period	2008/04/09 → 2008/04/11

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Computers in Earth Sciences
Ocean Engineering
Acoustics and Ultrasonics

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Analyses of upper layer thickness in the South China Sea. / Lin, Chun Yi; Zheng, Zhe Wen; Tsao, Chih Chung et al.
OCEANS'08 MTS/IEEE Kobe-Techno-Ocean'08 - Voyage toward the Future, OTO'08. 2008. 4531098 (OCEANS'08 MTS/IEEE Kobe-Techno-Ocean'08 - Voyage toward the Future, OTO'08).

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Lin, CY, Zheng, ZW, Tsao, CC, Ho, CR & Kuol, NJ 2008, Analyses of upper layer thickness in the South China Sea. in OCEANS'08 MTS/IEEE Kobe-Techno-Ocean'08 - Voyage toward the Future, OTO'08., 4531098, OCEANS'08 MTS/IEEE Kobe-Techno-Ocean'08 - Voyage toward the Future, OTO'08, OCEANS'08 MTS/IEEE Kobe-Techno-Ocean'08 - Voyage toward the Future, OTO'08, Kobe, Japan, 2008/04/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/OCEANSKOBE.2008.4531098

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