THE CLIMATE FEATURES OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WARM POOL

HE You-hai; GUAN Cui-hua; Toshio Yamagata

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There exists a warm pool in the South China Sea (SCS). The temporal and spatial distribution and evolution of SCS warm pool is investigated using water temperatures at a depth of 20 min the sea. The formation of the warm pool is discussed by combining water temperatures with geostrophic currents and simulated oceanic circulation. It is found that there are significant seasonal and interannual changes in the warm pool and in association with the general circulation of the atmosphere. The development of SCS warm pool is also closely related to the gyre activities in the sea and imported warm water from Indian Ocean (Java Sea) besides radiative warming.

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HE You-hai, GUAN Cui-hua, Toshio Yamagata. THE CLIMATE FEATURES OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WARM POOL [J]. Journal of Tropical Meteorology, 2000, 6(1): 86-93.

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THE CLIMATE FEATURES OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA WARM POOL

South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China

Department of Earth and Planetary Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo-113 Japan

Received Date: 1999-06-15

Rev Recd Date: 2000-03-15

Abstract: There exists a warm pool in the South China Sea (SCS). The temporal and spatial distribution and evolution of SCS warm pool is investigated using water temperatures at a depth of 20 min the sea. The formation of the warm pool is discussed by combining water temperatures with geostrophic currents and simulated oceanic circulation. It is found that there are significant seasonal and interannual changes in the warm pool and in association with the general circulation of the atmosphere. The development of SCS warm pool is also closely related to the gyre activities in the sea and imported warm water from Indian Ocean (Java Sea) besides radiative warming.

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