Seasonal variation of surface currents in the southwestern Taiwan Strait observed with HF radar

• 来源期刊: 科学通报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2008,（15）
• 页码范围: 2385-2391
• 页数: 7页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0207-7

摘要

Long-term measurements from a pair of High-Frequency radar systems deployed near the coast of southern Fujian Province showed that surface currents in the southwestern Taiwan Strait were composed mainly of the monsoon-driven, seasonal fluctuation of longshore current and a persistent northeastward background flow with speeds around 10 cm/s, Measurements from bottom-moored ADCPs further indicated that below the surface Ekman layer longshore currents also directed to the north all year round.