Journal
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS
Volume 121, Issue 7, Pages 4790-4803Publisher
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/2016JC011869
Keywords
stable isotope; Kuroshio subsurface water; Taiwan Warm Current; Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary; East China Sea
Categories
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [41225020, 41376049]
- National Programme on Global Change and Air-Sea Interaction [GASI-GEOGE-03]
- Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) [102-2611-M-110-013]
- NSFC
- MOST
- NASA Ocean Vector Winds Science Team
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The Taiwan Warm Current (TWC) has an overwhelming influence on the heat, salt, and nutrients balance on one of the broadest shelf in the world, the East China Sea shelf. In winter, the TWC flows in an unusual upwind direction and reaches the Changjiang (Yangtze River) Estuary, but its origin and pathway are intensely debated. Here combined evidences from current measurement, hydrographic, and stable isotopic data all suggest that the wintertime TWC intrusion off the Changjiang Estuary mainly originates from the Kuroshio subsurface water northeast of Taiwan, rather than from the Taiwan Strait warm water. The Kuroshio-branched water northeast of Taiwan can intrude into the inner shelf near the Zhe-Min Coast via bottom layer, manifesting by a pronounced boundary at 50 m isobath around 28 degrees N, and thereby feeds the TWC intrusion into the Changjiang Estuary. The intrusion complicates the hydrological process in the estuary and shelf sea, and its impact on marine environment deserves more research attentions.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available