RS31A:
The Regional Ocean Circulation, Water Exchanges, and Related Studies in the South China Sea I


Session ID#: 36734

Session Description:
The South China Sea (SCS) is situated in the tropical northwestern Pacific, and its wind climate is dominated by the monsoon system. Thus the monsoon forcing is significantly reflected in the multi-timescale variations of the SCS circulation. The SCS western boundary current (hereafter SCSwbc) is a major part of the SCS circulation and SCS throughflow (one of important branches connecting the Pacific and Indian Oceans), which consists of several strong branches, e.g. the SCS Warm Current and the Vietnam Coastal Current et al. Besides the local wind forcing, the water exchanges through the Luzon Strait, especially the Kuroshio intrusion into the SCS also have important contributions to the SCSwbc. However, due to the limited observation and model resolution, the SCSwbc structure, variability and dynamic processes are yet to be well understood. In this session, studies on but not limited to the regional ocean circulations (SCS throughflow, monsoonal ocean circulations), eddy-SCSwbc interactions, cross-continental shelf exchanges, ocean heat/salt transports, as well as relevant biogeochemical processes are welcomed.
Primary Chair:  Dongxiao Wang, SCSIO South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China; South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
Co-chairs:  Arnold L Gordon, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, Paola M Rizzoli, MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States and Jun Wei, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P.R.China., China, China
Moderators:  Arnold L Gordon, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, Dongxiao Wang, SCSIO South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, Paola M Rizzoli, MIT, Cambridge, MA, United States and Jun Wei, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P.R.China., China, China
Student Paper Review Liaisons:  Arnold L Gordon, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States and Jun Wei, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P.R.China., China, China
Index Terms:

4504 Air/sea interactions [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4520 Eddies and mesoscale processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4532 General circulation [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
4576 Western boundary currents [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]
Cross-Topics:
  • AI - Air-Sea Interactions
  • OM - Ocean Modeling
  • PO - Physical Oceanography: Other

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Observations of interleaving features along the Kuroshio Branch Current in the South China Sea (325059)
Alejandra Sanchez-Rios, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, Robert Kipp Shearman, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States, Emily Shroyer, Oregon State University, OR, United States, Craig Lee, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, Louis St Laurent, Woods Hole Oceanographic Insti, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Andrew Lucas, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States and Harper L Simmons, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Strength and extent of the Northwest Luzon Coastal Current during summer of 2017 (324202)
Olivia C Cabrera, Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology, University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines and Cesar Villanoy, Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Metro Manila, Philippines
Coral Δ14C Records of Surface Water Processes along Luzon Strait (307622)
Riovie Dela Pena Ramos, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore, Nathalie Goodkin, Nanyang Technological University, Asian School of the Environment, Singapore, Singapore, Ellen R M Druffel, Univ California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, Sheila Griffin, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States, Fernando Pascual Siringan, Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Metro Manila, Philippines and Tung-Yung Fan, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium of Taiwan, Pingtung, Taiwan
Observational Validation of a Numerical Model within the Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam (320998)
Peter Rogowski, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, Javier Zavala-garay, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, Eric J Terrill, SIO, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, United States, John Wilkin, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, Robert Kipp Shearman, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States and Tran Hong Lam, Center for Oceanography, Vietnam Administration of Seas and Island, Hanoi, Vietnam
The Seasonal Dynamics of the Gulf of Tonkin (324434)
Javier Zavala-garay, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, Peter Rogowski, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, John Wilkin, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, Eric J Terrill, SIO, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, United States, Robert Kipp Shearman, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States and Tran Hong Lam, Center for Oceanography, Vietnam Administration of Seas and Island, Hanoi, Vietnam
Long-term trends and variability of eddy activities in the South China Sea (303799)
Hans von Storch1, Meng Zhang1, Dongxiao Wang2 and Xueen Chen3, (1)Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research, Institute of Coastal Research, Geesthacht, Germany, (2)Chinese Acad Sci, Guangzhou, China, (3)Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China
Layered model and insights into the vertical coupling of the South China Sea western boundary current system (315139)
Qi Quan, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China and Huijie Xue, SCSIO South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China

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