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- Title
Progress on shelf and slope circulation in the northern South China Sea.
- Authors
Shu, Yeqiang; Wang, Qiang; Zu, Tingting
- Abstract
Influenced by the seasonally reversed monsoons, water exchange through straits, and topography, the shelf and slope circulation in the northern South China Sea (NSCS) is complex and changeable. The typical current system in the NSCS consists of the slope current, South China Sea warm current (SCSWC), coastal current, and associated upwelling (in summer) and downwelling (in winter). This paper reviews recent advances in the study of NSCS shelf and slope circulation since the 1990s, and summarizes the roles of Kuroshio intrusion, the monsoons, topography, and the buoyancy effect of the Pearl River plume in the shelf and slope current system of the NSCS. We also point out some potential scientific issues that require further study, such as the dynamic connection between the internal basin and shelf areas of the NSCS, the persistence of the SCSWC in winter, the temporo-spatial characteristics of downwelling during winter in the NSCS, and its material and energy transport.
- Subjects
SOUTH China Sea; PEARL River (China); CONTINENTAL shelf; OCEAN circulation; OCEAN currents
- Publication
SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences, 2018, Vol 61, Issue 5, p560
- ISSN
1674-7313
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11430-017-9152-y