The multi-scale variations of subsurface cold water mass in subarctic Pacific Region

报告简介:

Firstly, we used a mooring system to investigate the seasonal variation of subsurface cold water mass in Bering Sea and analyze the variation of subsurface cold water mass in the whole subarctic Pacific. In Bering Sea, the near-surface water is highly stratified due to surface warming and the remaining cold winter water in the subsurface layer, downward propagation of wind-generated NIWs is reported for the first time by the mooring system. It is found that in summertime the energetic wind-generated NIWs are constrained to the region of strong near-surface stratification, whereas in wintertime the NIWs can propagate into deep depths. This phenomenon is important for understanding NIW-induced mixing, upward heat transfer, and sea-ice melting in the subarctic and the broader Arctic Ocean.

报告人简介:

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Fei Yu is a research professor of Institute of Oceanology, mainly engaged in marine survey and research of Regional Oceanography. His research field include circulation and water mass research of Yellow Sea and East China Sea, the mesoscale process of west Pacific and its interaction with general circulation et. al. Now he is chairman of Ocean Observation Branch in Chinese Society of Oceanology and limnology and co-chair of AP- CREAMS under North Pacific Scientific Organization.