Bimodal behavior of the seasonal upwelling off the northeastern coast of Taiwan

Yu Lin Chang*, Chau Ron Wu, Lie Yauw Oey

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摘要

Observations over the outer shelf and shelf break off the northeastern coast of Taiwan indicate a curious seasonal variability of upwelling. At deeper levels 100 m below the surface, upwelling is most intense in summer but weaker in winter. Nearer the surface at approximately 30 m below the surface, the opposite is true and the upwelling is stronger in winter than in summer. Results from a high-resolution numerical model together with observations and simple Ekman models are used to explain the phenomenon. It is shown that the upwelling at deeper levels (∼100 m) is primarily induced by offshore (summer) and onshore (winter) migrations of the Kuroshio, while monsoonal change in the wind stress curl, positive in winter and negative in summer, is responsible for the reversal in the seasonal variation of the upwelling near the surface (∼30 m). This mechanism reconciles previous upwelling data.

原文英語
文章編號C03027
期刊Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
114
發行號3
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 2009 3月 8

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 地球化學與岩石學
  • 地球物理
  • 地球與行星科學(雜項)
  • 空間與行星科學
  • 海洋學

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