Hotspots of the stokes rotating circulation in a large marginal sea.

ABSTRACT: Marginal seas, surrounded by continents with dense populations, are vulnerable and have a quick response to climate change effects. The seas typically have alternatively rotating layered circulations to regulate regional heat and biogeochemical transports. The circulations are composed of dynamically active hotspots and governed by the couplings between unique extrinsic inflow and intrinsic dynamic response. Ambiguities about the circulations' structure, composition, and physics still exist, and these ambiguities have led to poor numerical simulation of the marginal sea in global models. The South China Sea is an outstanding example of a marginal sea that has this typical rotating circulation. Our study demonstrates that the rotating circulation is structured by energetic hotspots with lar

SUBMITTER: Gan J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9038737 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature