Land-Ocean Interaction Affected by the Monsoon Regime Change in Western Taiwan Strait
The Taiwan Strait is a conduit between East China Sea (ECS) and South China Sea (SCS). Seasonal monsoon winds drive the southbound Zhejiang-Fujian Coastal Current and northbound SCS Warm Current through the strait. Water masses carried by these major current systems also carry fluvial signals from t...
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| description | The Taiwan Strait is a conduit between East China Sea (ECS) and South China Sea (SCS). Seasonal monsoon winds drive the southbound Zhejiang-Fujian Coastal Current and northbound SCS Warm Current through the strait. Water masses carried by these major current systems also carry fluvial signals from two major rivers, the Changjiang (Yangtze) River in ECS and the Zhujiang (Pearl) River in SCS through the strait. Here we show a switch occurred to signify the monsoon regime change on the western side of this conduit around 10:00 on May 8, 2015. Our data came from water mass properties and environmental proxies of N/P ratio in the surface water and 7Be and 210Pbex isotopes in surface sediments. The timings of the demarcation were identical in the water column and on the water-sediment interface. Our findings put a specific time point in the monsoon regime change in 2015. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1bf906b211a34ad2b6024c4cec270cdf2022-12-21T21:24:03ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452021-10-01810.3389/fmars.2021.735242735242Land-Ocean Interaction Affected by the Monsoon Regime Change in Western Taiwan StraitRick J. Yang0James T. Liu1Chih-Chieh Su2Yi Chang3Jimmy J. Xu4Hon-Kit Lui5Department of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanInstitute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, TaiwanGraduate Institute of Marine Affairs, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanDepartment of Oceanography, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, TaiwanThe Taiwan Strait is a conduit between East China Sea (ECS) and South China Sea (SCS). Seasonal monsoon winds drive the southbound Zhejiang-Fujian Coastal Current and northbound SCS Warm Current through the strait. Water masses carried by these major current systems also carry fluvial signals from two major rivers, the Changjiang (Yangtze) River in ECS and the Zhujiang (Pearl) River in SCS through the strait. Here we show a switch occurred to signify the monsoon regime change on the western side of this conduit around 10:00 on May 8, 2015. Our data came from water mass properties and environmental proxies of N/P ratio in the surface water and 7Be and 210Pbex isotopes in surface sediments. The timings of the demarcation were identical in the water column and on the water-sediment interface. Our findings put a specific time point in the monsoon regime change in 2015.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.735242/fullwater massfluvial source proxiesChangjiang RiverZhujiang RiverEast China SeaSouth China Sea |
| spellingShingle | Rick J. Yang James T. Liu Chih-Chieh Su Yi Chang Jimmy J. Xu Hon-Kit Lui Land-Ocean Interaction Affected by the Monsoon Regime Change in Western Taiwan Strait Frontiers in Marine Science water mass fluvial source proxies Changjiang River Zhujiang River East China Sea South China Sea |
| title | Land-Ocean Interaction Affected by the Monsoon Regime Change in Western Taiwan Strait |
| title_full | Land-Ocean Interaction Affected by the Monsoon Regime Change in Western Taiwan Strait |
| title_fullStr | Land-Ocean Interaction Affected by the Monsoon Regime Change in Western Taiwan Strait |
| title_full_unstemmed | Land-Ocean Interaction Affected by the Monsoon Regime Change in Western Taiwan Strait |
| title_short | Land-Ocean Interaction Affected by the Monsoon Regime Change in Western Taiwan Strait |
| title_sort | land ocean interaction affected by the monsoon regime change in western taiwan strait |
| topic | water mass fluvial source proxies Changjiang River Zhujiang River East China Sea South China Sea |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2021.735242/full |
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