Rf. Li et al., QNUMERICAL-SIMULATION OF INTERRELATION BETWEEN THE KUROSHIO AND THE CURRENT OF THE NORTHERN SOUTH-CHINA-SEA, Progress in Natural Science, 6(3), 1996, pp. 325-332
The interrelation between the Kuroshio and the current of South China
Sea (SCS) has been studied based on the results given by a Pacific cir
culation model. The results show that in the southern Bash Channel (BC
), some water of the Kuroshio enters SCS during most part of a year, a
part of the water moves anticyclonically and comes back into the Kuro
shio again; another part flows westward (W-ward) together with the nor
th flank of the cyclonic eddy in the northern SCS. In June, this cyclo
nic eddy is absent, the water entering SCS only flows anticyclonically
and feeds into the Pacific, the W-ward current is not visible. Apart
from the cases in September and October, there always exists a ridge c
orresponding to a high surface elevation which stretches into SCS thro
ugh BC. Some water flows along the isopleth of the ridge, so the flowi
ng path presents an anticylonical meander. In September and October, t
he ridge does not spread into SCS due to the Kuroshio shifting northea
stward, there is also no current moving anticyclonically. Numerical re
sults also show that no direct branch of the Kuroshio flows N-ward int
o the Taiwan Strait through BC. These results are verified partly by c
urrent observations.