Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IITA-GRS), 2010 Second IITA International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Qingdao
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8514-7
DOI :
10.1109/IITA-GRS.2010.5602227
