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Ž.Varying atmospheric forcing and an elaborate geography make for a complex flow in the South China Sea SCS. Throughout the year, the surface waters of the Kuroshio flow into the SCS, while the surface waters of the SCS flow out Ž. Ž.through the Bashi Channel. Cumulatively, there is a small;1 Sv net...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.565.1147 2023-05-15T15:43:52+02:00 www.elsevier.comrlocatermarchem Nutrient budgets for the South China Sea basin Chen-tung Arthur Chen A Shu-lun Wang B Bing-jye Wang A Su-cheng Pai C The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2001 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.565.1147 http://www.mgac.nsysu.edu.tw/ctchen/publications/a/150.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.565.1147 http://www.mgac.nsysu.edu.tw/ctchen/publications/a/150.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.mgac.nsysu.edu.tw/ctchen/publications/a/150.pdf text 2001 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T12:13:25Z Ž.Varying atmospheric forcing and an elaborate geography make for a complex flow in the South China Sea SCS. Throughout the year, the surface waters of the Kuroshio flow into the SCS, while the surface waters of the SCS flow out Ž. Ž.through the Bashi Channel. Cumulatively, there is a small;1 Sv net outflow of surface water 0–350-m depth from the Ž.SCS in the wet season, but a net inflow;3 Sv in the dry season through the Bashi Channel. The differences are mainly made up by inflow and outflow of Sunda Shelf Water in the wet and dry seasons, respectively. Seawater, phosphorus, nitrogen and silicate budgets were calculated based on a box model. The results point out an Ž. Ž.intermediate water outflow 350–1350-m depth into the West Philippine Sea WPS through the Bashi Channel in both the Ž.wet and dry seasons, though this, along with the nutrients it carries, is slightly larger in the dry season 2 Sv than in the wet Ž.1.8 Sv. More importantly, the export of nutrient-laden SCS intermediate water through the Bashi Channel subsequently Ž. y2 y1upwells onto the East China Sea ECS shelf. The denitrification rate for shelves in the SCS is 0.11 mol N m year, calculated by balancing the nitrogen budget. The oxygen consumption and the nutrient regeneration rates, based on the mass-balance and the one-dimensional advection–diffusion models, stand between those for the Bering Sea and the Sea of Text Bering Sea Unknown Bering Sea Sunda ENVELOPE(-6.982,-6.982,62.205,62.205) |
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Ž.Varying atmospheric forcing and an elaborate geography make for a complex flow in the South China Sea SCS. Throughout the year, the surface waters of the Kuroshio flow into the SCS, while the surface waters of the SCS flow out Ž. Ž.through the Bashi Channel. Cumulatively, there is a small;1 Sv net outflow of surface water 0–350-m depth from the Ž.SCS in the wet season, but a net inflow;3 Sv in the dry season through the Bashi Channel. The differences are mainly made up by inflow and outflow of Sunda Shelf Water in the wet and dry seasons, respectively. Seawater, phosphorus, nitrogen and silicate budgets were calculated based on a box model. The results point out an Ž. Ž.intermediate water outflow 350–1350-m depth into the West Philippine Sea WPS through the Bashi Channel in both the Ž.wet and dry seasons, though this, along with the nutrients it carries, is slightly larger in the dry season 2 Sv than in the wet Ž.1.8 Sv. More importantly, the export of nutrient-laden SCS intermediate water through the Bashi Channel subsequently Ž. y2 y1upwells onto the East China Sea ECS shelf. The denitrification rate for shelves in the SCS is 0.11 mol N m year, calculated by balancing the nitrogen budget. The oxygen consumption and the nutrient regeneration rates, based on the mass-balance and the one-dimensional advection–diffusion models, stand between those for the Bering Sea and the Sea of |
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