| The role of Equatorial Undercurrent in sustaining the Eastern Indian Ocean upwelling | |
Chen, Gengxin1,2; Han, Weiqing2; Shu, Yeqiang1; Li, Yuanlong2; Wang, Dongxiao1; Xie, Qiang1,3
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| 2016-06-28 | |
| Source Publication | GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
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| Volume | 43Issue:12Pages:6444-6451 |
| Abstract | By combining volume transport and salinity analysis from 1958 to 2014, this paper investigates how the transient Equatorial Undercurrent (EUC) sustains the summer-fall equatorial eastern Indian Ocean (EIO) upwelling. On seasonal time scales, the EIO upwelling is mainly supplied by the salty water from the western basin through a buffering process: The winter-spring EUC carries the salty water from the western basin eastward, induces downwelling in the EIO, and pushes portion of the salty water below the central thermocline, which subsequently upwells to the central thermocline during summer-fall and sustains the EIO upwelling. On interannual time scales, enhanced upwelling occurs during positive Indian Ocean Dipole (+IOD) years. The strong summer-fall EUC associated with the +IOD supplies water for the intensified upwelling. This research provides new knowledge for basin-scale mass and property exchanges associated with the EIO upwelling, contributing to our understanding of three-dimensional ocean circulation and climate variability. |
| Subtype | Article |
| WOS Headings | Science & Technology ; Physical Sciences |
| DOI | 10.1002/2016GL069433 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS Keyword | INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY ; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY ; ZONAL CURRENTS ; INDO-PACIFIC ; DIPOLE EVENTS ; DYNAMICS ; THERMOCLINE ; THROUGHFLOW ; TRANSPORTS ; FREQUENCY |
| WOS Subject | Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
| WOS ID | WOS:000380910100064 |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.idsse.ac.cn/handle/183446/1604 |
| Collection | 深海科学研究部_海洋环流观测与数值模拟研究室 |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, South China Sea Inst Oceanol, State Key Lab Trop Oceanog, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China 2.Univ Colorado, Dept Atmospher & Ocean Sci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Sanya Inst Deep Sea Sci & Engn, Sanya, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Chen, Gengxin,Han, Weiqing,Shu, Yeqiang,et al. The role of Equatorial Undercurrent in sustaining the Eastern Indian Ocean upwelling[J]. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2016,43(12):6444-6451. |
| APA | Chen, Gengxin,Han, Weiqing,Shu, Yeqiang,Li, Yuanlong,Wang, Dongxiao,&Xie, Qiang.(2016).The role of Equatorial Undercurrent in sustaining the Eastern Indian Ocean upwelling.GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS,43(12),6444-6451. |
| MLA | Chen, Gengxin,et al."The role of Equatorial Undercurrent in sustaining the Eastern Indian Ocean upwelling".GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS 43.12(2016):6444-6451. |
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