Ocean Hydrodynamics of the Japan and East China Seas (eBook)

T. Ichiye (Herausgeber)

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2000 | 1. Auflage
422 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-087077-9 (ISBN)

Infos

The Japan and East China seas are both marginal seas, but have different oceanographical features: the former is a deep basin filled with polar water but a jet-like current in the upper layer, and the latter is a wide continental shelf with two large rivers. This book provides the first synthesis of information on the circulation, hydrography, coastal phenomena, tides, turbidity and wind waves of these seas. Circulation caused by wind, pressure distributions and other effects is discussed with the aid of analytical, numerical and hydraulic models, many of which can also be applied to problems in other seas. New oceanographic techniques covered include remote sensing, drifter tracking and moored current meter system, providing information useful to both researchers and students.

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Ocean Hydrodynamics of the Japan and East China Seas 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Preface 10
The Program of the Second Jecss Workshop 16
Chapter 1. Hydrography of Open Seas 20
Major Features of the Shallow Water Hydrography in the East China Sea and Huanghai Sea 20
Some Problems of Circulation and Hydrography of the Japan Sea and the Tsushima Current 34
On the Salinity-Minimum and Dissolved Oxygen-Maximum Layer in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) 74
Tsushima Currents Measured with Current Meters and Drifters 86
The Branch of Kuroshio in the Taiwan Strait 96
Chapter 2. Coastal Phenomena 102
Description of Current Structure and Coastal Upwelling in the South-West Japan Sea Summer 1981 and Spring 1982 102
Measurements of Storm-Induced Baroclinic Motions along the East Coast of South Korea 114
Chapetr 3. Analytical Modelling 122
Non-linear Models of Coastal Upwelling and Coastal JETS in Continuously Stratified Seas 122
An Analytical Model of Upwelling Induced by Tidal Current past a Peninsula 142
An Analytical Model of Wind-Driven Currents in the Yellow, the East China and the South China Seas 162
Possible Flow Regimes for a Flow Driven by a Prescribed Inflow and Outflow in a Circular Basin with Reference to the Tsushima Current and the Kuroshio 174
Chapter 4. Numerical Modelling 186
Numerical Modelling of the Circulation in the East China Sea 186
A Numerical Study of Circulationina Northeastern Part of the East China Sea 206
A Three-Dimensional Model of the East China Sea 228
Chapter 5. Hydraulic Modelling 244
Experimental Studies on the Formation and Degeneration Processes of the Tsugaru Warm Gyre 244
Chapter 6. Measurement Methodology 258
On the Utilization and Interpretation of Drifter Data 258
A Tentative Design of Mooring Lines for Measuring the Tsushima Warm Current 272
A Test of the Geostrophic Approximation in the Western Channel of the Korea Strait 282
Chapter 7. Sea Levels and Tidal Currents 292
Variability of Monthly Mean Sea Level and its Regional Features around Japan and Korea 292
Tidal Fluctuation of the Tsugaru Warm Current as Determined from the Historical GEK Observations 306
Tides Around Taiwan 320
Chapter 8. Remote Sensing 336
Structure of Horizontal Turbulence in the Japan Sea 336
On the Characteristic Structure of Horizontal Interleaving at the Northern Edge of the Kuroshio and the Kuroshio Extension 352
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imagery of Storm-Induced Seas around the Goto Islands, Japan 366
Data Processing Techniques of Remote Sensing for Oceanography 380
An Application of NOAA AVHRR for Oceanography in the East China Sea 394
Chapter 9. Turbidity 406
Fall-Season Patterns of Turbidity and Sediment Transport in the Korea Strait and Southeastern Yellow Sea 406
Coastal Current and its Variation along the East Coast of Korea 418
Chapter 10. Wind Waves 428
Wave Prediction in the Japan and East China Seasusing the DSA-5 Model 428

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2000
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Algebra
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• ISBN-10: 0-08-087077-5 / 0080870775
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-087077-9 / 9780080870779