黑潮-亲潮交汇区伴随涡旋演变的三维动力结构时空分析

Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Three-Dimensional Dynamic Structure With Eddy Evolution in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Confluence Region

  • 摘要: 涡旋演变运动引起的内部水体三维动力结构的时空变化,是涡旋生态动力学研究的基础。本研究借助黑潮-亲潮交汇区高分辨率的温盐流再分析数据,采用涡旋三维探测、归一化复合分析以及最大角度法等方法,在统计分析涡旋三维动力参数的基础上,将涡旋分为发展、稳定、衰减三个不同演变阶段,系统分析了不同类型涡旋在不同深度处对应的3倍半径影响范围内密度、温度和盐度三维结构的变化规律,并探讨了涡旋运动对其内部跃层深度和强度的影响。结果表明,在黑潮-亲潮交汇区,虽然气旋涡数量较多,但平均半径小、生命周期短、影响深度较深的涡旋大多为反气旋涡,该海域反气旋涡相对更强、更稳定。在涡旋的演变过程中,气旋涡和反气旋涡内部的密度和温度“冷核”或“暖核”均呈先增强后减弱的变化趋势,相对而言,反气旋涡的波动幅度较大,而涡旋内部盐度异常则以400 m为界,上下具有相反的水平分布特征,反气旋涡上层内高外低,下层内低外高,气旋涡则与之相反。且气旋涡和反气旋涡均具有向西倾斜的垂向结构特征,稳定阶段最显著。涡旋混合与抽吸的综合作用使涡旋内部跃层深度在发展期逐渐加深,稳定期变浅,而后在衰减期又稍有增大,对应的跃层强度随涡旋的演变,大致呈逐渐减弱的趋势,气旋涡相对更明显。

     

    Abstract: The spatio-temporal variations of the internal dynamic structure induced by eddy evolution are the basis for the ecological dynamic study of eddy. Using the high-resolution reanalysis data of temperature, salinity and velocity in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Confluence Region, the three-dimensional eddy detection method, normalized composite analysis, and the maximum angle method are used to detect eddies, construct the three-dimensional structure of eddy, and calculate the thermocline and pycnocline parameters within eddies. Based on the statistical analysis of the eddy dynamic parameters, the eddy lifetime is divided into three different evolution periods: development, stability and decay. In this study, the three-dimensional eddy structures of density, temperature, and salinity are systematically analyzed at various depths within three times radius according to different eddy types. The influence of eddy movement on the depth and intensity of the thermocline is also discussed. The results show that there are more cyclonic than anticyclonic eddies in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Confluence Region. However, the anticyclonic eddies have larger mean radius and longer lifetimes, and their influence depths are also deeper than that of the cyclonic eddy. In other words, the anticyclonic eddy is stronger and more stable than cyclonic eddy in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Confluence Region. The cold core inside the cyclonic eddy or the warm core in the anticyclonic eddy both increase during the eddy development period and then weaken from stable to decay period. Comparing with the cyclonic eddy, the fluctuation range of the anticyclonic eddy is larger. Both cyclonic and anticyclonic eddies, the anomaly in internal salinity is bounded by 400 meters and exhibits an opposite horizontal distribution. The upper layer of the anticyclonic eddy is high inside and low outside, and the deeper layer is low inside and high outside. The cyclonic eddy has opposite characters. Both eddy types are tilted westward with the most significant performance at the stability period. Due to the combined effects of eddy mixing and pump, the thermocline depth inside the eddy gradually deepens in the development period, becomes shallow in the stable period, and then increases slightly in the decay period. The thermocline intensity tends to decrease gradually with the evolution of eddy. The anticyclonic eddies are more obvious than cyclonic eddies.

     

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