The seasonal variation of the intrusion of the Philippine sea water into the South China Sea

1991 ◽  
Vol 96 (C1) ◽  
pp. 821-827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping-Tung Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Variation ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Sea Water ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Philippine Sea

scholarly journals Intermingled fates of the South China Sea and Philippine Sea plate

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 886-890 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minghui Zhao ◽  
Jean-Claude Sibuet ◽  
Jonny Wu
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Philippine Sea Plate ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Philippine Sea

Impacts of a wind stress and a buoyancy flux on the seasonal variation of mixing layer depth in the South China Sea

2013 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 30-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianjun Xiao ◽  
Dongxiao Wang ◽  
Wen Zhou ◽  
Zuqiang Zhang ◽  
Yinghao Qin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Variation ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
Wind Stress ◽  
South China ◽  
Mixing Layer ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Buoyancy Flux ◽  
The South ◽  
Layer Depth ◽  
China Sea

scholarly journals Interdecadal Change of the South China Sea Summer Monsoon Onset

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 3207-3218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshiyuki Kajikawa ◽  
Bin Wang
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Summer Monsoon ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Significant Advance ◽  
Interdecadal Change ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Philippine Sea

A significant advance in the onset dates of the South China Sea summer monsoon (SCSSM) is detected around 1993/94: the epochal mean onset date is 30 May for 1979–93 and 14 May for 1994–2008. The relatively late onset during the first epoch is primarily determined by the northward seasonal march of the intertropical convergence zone, whereas the advanced onset during the second epoch is affected by the enhanced activity of northwestward-moving tropical disturbances from the equatorial western Pacific. During 1994–2008, the intraseasonal variability (ISV) over the western Pacific was enhanced during the period from mid-April to mid-May; further, the number of tropical cyclones (TCs), which passed through the South China Sea (SCS) and Philippine Sea during the same period, is about doubled compared with those occurring during 1979–93. This enhanced ISV and TC activity over the SCS and Philippine Sea are attributed to a significant increase in SST over the equatorial western Pacific from the 1980s to 2000s. Therefore, the advanced SCSSM onset is rooted in the decadal change of the SST over the equatorial western Pacific.

The Role of Qiongzhou Strait in the Seasonal Variation of the South China Sea Circulation

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maochong Shi ◽  
Changsheng Chen ◽  
Qichun Xu ◽  
Huichan Lin ◽  
Guimei Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Variation ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Qiongzhou Strait ◽  
South China Sea Circulation

scholarly journals Influence of the Size of Supertyphoon Megi (2010) on SST Cooling

2018 ◽  
Vol 146 (3) ◽  
pp. 661-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iam-Fei Pun ◽  
I.-I. Lin ◽  
Chun-Chi Lien ◽  
Chun-Chieh Wu
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
Size Effect ◽  
South China ◽  
Thermal Structure ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
Translation Speed ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Philippine Sea ◽  
Sst Cooling

Supertyphoon Megi (2010) left behind two very contrasting SST cold-wake cooling patterns between the Philippine Sea (1.5°C) and the South China Sea (7°C). Based on various radii of radial winds, the authors found that the size of Megi doubles over the South China Sea when it curves northward. On average, the radius of maximum wind (RMW) increased from 18.8 km over the Philippine Sea to 43.1 km over the South China Sea; the radius of 64-kt (33 m s−1) typhoon-force wind (R64) increased from 52.6 to 119.7 km; the radius of 50-kt (25.7 m s−1) damaging-force wind (R50) increased from 91.8 to 210 km; and the radius of 34-kt (17.5 m s−1) gale-force wind (R34) increased from 162.3 to 358.5 km. To investigate the typhoon size effect, the authors conduct a series of numerical experiments on Megi-induced SST cooling by keeping other factors unchanged, that is, typhoon translation speed and ocean subsurface thermal structure. The results show that if it were not for Megi’s size increase over the South China Sea, the during-Megi SST cooling magnitude would have been 52% less (reduced from 4° to 1.9°C), the right bias in cooling would have been 60% (or 30 km) less, and the width of the cooling would have been 61% (or 52 km) less, suggesting that typhoon size is as important as other well-known factors on SST cooling. Aside from the size effect, the authors also conduct a straight-track experiment and find that the curvature of Megi contributes up to 30% (or 1.2°C) of cooling over the South China Sea.

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