Role of wind-induced current through Qiongzhou Strait in summer

Author

Wang, Qingye ; Wang, Xiangwen ; Lü, Yan

Author_Institution

Coll. of Marine & Meteorol., Guangdong Ocean Univ., Zhanjiang, China

Volume

2

fYear

2010

fDate

28-31 Aug. 2010

Firstpage

135

Lastpage

137

Abstract

Five numerical experiments are made by employing a high-resolution Princeton Ocean Model (POM) to investigate the role of wind-induced current through Qiongzhou Strait in summer. The numerical model results show that the tidal-induced residual current through Qiongzhou Strait (QS) is westward, about 15 cm/s, and the wind-induced current by summer monsoon is eastward, about 4 cm/s. The combination effect of tidal wave, surface wind stress, open boundaries also results in the westward residual current through the QS, about 6 cm/s. The tidal-induced residual current is an important mechanism to explain the westward water transport, and the wind-induced current is not significant.

Keywords

ocean waves; oceanographic regions; tides; wind; Princeton Ocean Model; Qiongzhou Strait; South China Sea; numerical model; summer monsoon; surface wind stress; tidal wave; tidal-induced residual current; westward water transport; wind-induced current; Numerical models; Rivers; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Stress; Water; POM; Qiongzhou Strait; residual current; wind-induced current;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IITA-GRS), 2010 Second IITA International Conference on

Conference_Location

Qingdao

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8514-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IITA-GRS.2010.5602227

Filename

5602227