High Frequency Current Fluctuations and Cross-shelf Flows around the Pycnocline near the Shelf Break in the East China Sea |
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Authors: | In-Seong Han Koichiro Kamio Takeshi Matsuno Atsuyoshi Manda Atsuhiko Isobe |
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Affiliation: | (1) Graduate School of Marine Science & Engineering, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan;(2) Tokyo Kyuei Co. Ltd., Kawaguchi, 333-0866, Japan;(3) Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, 816-8580, Japan;(4) Faculty of Environmental and Symbiotic Sciences, Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 862-8502, Japan;(5) Department of Earth System Science and Technology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka, 816-8580, Japan |
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Abstract: | Relation between internal waves with short time scale and density distribution near the shelf break in the East China Sea is studied utilizing moored current meters, thermometers and conductivity-temperature-depth (CTD) casts. A well developed pycnocline was frequently observed around 150–200 m depth near the shelf break accompanied with the development of internal waves with short time scale. During the cruise in May 1998, the intensified internal wave motion with short time scale and the distinct offshore flow were observed just below the lower pycnocline, which shoaled and extended above the shelf area. It is suggested that vertical mixing generated by amplified internal waves would produce cross-shelf ageostophic density current around the pycnocline. During the cruise in May 1999, on the other hand, the lower pycnocline was located offshore below the shelf break, and the internal wave motion was amplified just above the lower pycnocline. In this case, the offshore flow should be generated above the lower pycnocline, but vertical profiles of current velocity were not obtained because acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) data were not available around the lower pycnocline. |
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Keywords: | East China Sea shelf break internal wave pycnocline offshore flow |
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