Upper pycnocline turbulence in the northern South China Sea

• 来源期刊: 科学通报(英文版)
• 学科: 地球科学
• 年，卷（期）: 2012,（18）
• 页码范围: 2302-2306
• 页数: 5页
• 分类号: P731.2
• 语种: 中文

摘要

The first regional mapping of the averaged turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate in the upper pycnocline of the northern South China Sea is presented and discussed.At φ=20°N and to the north of this latitude, appears to be more than two times larger than that to the south of 20°N.It is suggested that this asymmetry is associated with the predominant northwestward propagation and dissipation of the internal waves originated in the Luzon Strait area.An approximately linear relationship between