Lagrangian Observation of the Kuroshio Current by Surface Drifters in 2019
In this research, the features of the Kuroshio Current in 2019 were studied based on the observations of 29 self-developed surface current experiment drifters deployed in the western Pacific Ocean and the East China Sea. The Kuroshio flow pattern and velocity magnitude observed in 2019 were largely...
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| author | Zhenyu Sun Jianyu Hu Hongyang Lin Zhaozhang Chen Jia Zhu Longqi Yang Zhiyuan Hu Xirong Chen Xuewen Wu |
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| description | In this research, the features of the Kuroshio Current in 2019 were studied based on the observations of 29 self-developed surface current experiment drifters deployed in the western Pacific Ocean and the East China Sea. The Kuroshio flow pattern and velocity magnitude observed in 2019 were largely consistent with the climatology based on the historical drifter dataset, but they still exhibited distinctive characteristics. The intrusion of the Kuroshio into the South China Sea in the spring was observed by a group of drifters crossing the Luzon Strait from east to west, which is a notable departure from the non-intrusion pattern noted to occur in the spring in most of the historical records. A strong intrusion of the Kuroshio into the East China Sea was also observed, taking an anti-cyclonic turn in the northeast of Taiwan Island. Both the drifter trajectories and altimeter-derived dynamical topography captured the large meander pattern of the Kuroshio south of Japan in 2019, with the flow path having a maximum offshore distance of 470 km. In addition, Lagrangian statistics (lateral diffusivity, integral time scale, and integral space scale) were estimated for four selected regions with adequate drifter samplings. The lateral diffusivity had large values along the Kuroshio segment in the East China Sea and small values on the continental shelf of the East China Sea. The integral time scales for the four regions ranged from 0.8 to 3.7 days, with a corresponding integral space scale of 19~128 km. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e2e71a07abad4583825459ea8ca9d1c22023-12-03T13:53:57ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122022-07-01108102710.3390/jmse10081027Lagrangian Observation of the Kuroshio Current by Surface Drifters in 2019Zhenyu Sun0Jianyu Hu1Hongyang Lin2Zhaozhang Chen3Jia Zhu4Longqi Yang5Zhiyuan Hu6Xirong Chen7Xuewen Wu8State Key Laboratory of Marine and Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Marine and Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Marine and Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Marine and Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Marine and Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Marine and Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Marine and Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Marine and Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Marine and Environmental Science, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, ChinaIn this research, the features of the Kuroshio Current in 2019 were studied based on the observations of 29 self-developed surface current experiment drifters deployed in the western Pacific Ocean and the East China Sea. The Kuroshio flow pattern and velocity magnitude observed in 2019 were largely consistent with the climatology based on the historical drifter dataset, but they still exhibited distinctive characteristics. The intrusion of the Kuroshio into the South China Sea in the spring was observed by a group of drifters crossing the Luzon Strait from east to west, which is a notable departure from the non-intrusion pattern noted to occur in the spring in most of the historical records. A strong intrusion of the Kuroshio into the East China Sea was also observed, taking an anti-cyclonic turn in the northeast of Taiwan Island. Both the drifter trajectories and altimeter-derived dynamical topography captured the large meander pattern of the Kuroshio south of Japan in 2019, with the flow path having a maximum offshore distance of 470 km. In addition, Lagrangian statistics (lateral diffusivity, integral time scale, and integral space scale) were estimated for four selected regions with adequate drifter samplings. The lateral diffusivity had large values along the Kuroshio segment in the East China Sea and small values on the continental shelf of the East China Sea. The integral time scales for the four regions ranged from 0.8 to 3.7 days, with a corresponding integral space scale of 19~128 km.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/8/1027surface drifterKuroshio CurrentLagrangian observation |
| spellingShingle | Zhenyu Sun Jianyu Hu Hongyang Lin Zhaozhang Chen Jia Zhu Longqi Yang Zhiyuan Hu Xirong Chen Xuewen Wu Lagrangian Observation of the Kuroshio Current by Surface Drifters in 2019 Journal of Marine Science and Engineering surface drifter Kuroshio Current Lagrangian observation |
| title | Lagrangian Observation of the Kuroshio Current by Surface Drifters in 2019 |
| title_full | Lagrangian Observation of the Kuroshio Current by Surface Drifters in 2019 |
| title_fullStr | Lagrangian Observation of the Kuroshio Current by Surface Drifters in 2019 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lagrangian Observation of the Kuroshio Current by Surface Drifters in 2019 |
| title_short | Lagrangian Observation of the Kuroshio Current by Surface Drifters in 2019 |
| title_sort | lagrangian observation of the kuroshio current by surface drifters in 2019 |
| topic | surface drifter Kuroshio Current Lagrangian observation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/8/1027 |
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