caa a22 4500 445301104 CHVBK 20180317142558.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20100201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11430-009-0102-3 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11430-009-0102-3 Diurnal evolution of the barrier layer and its local feedback in the central Taiwan Strait [Elektronische Daten] [AiJun Pan, XiaoFang Wan, HangYu Chen, XiaoGang Guo] Diurnal evolution of the barrier layer (BL) and its local feedback features in the central Taiwan Strait (119.2°E, 24.3°N) during summertime monsoon are investigated using in situ moored observations conducted by the "Yan-Ping 2” research vessel in late June 2005. During the initiation phase, for the non-solar radiation tends to be trapped in the upper mixed layer, whereas the solar radiation can penetrate deeply through the mixed layer approaching the thermocline, most heat is accumulated inside the BL inducing an inverse-thermal layer. Along with heat convergence inside the BL, thermal exchange increases between the BL and the overlaying mixed layer and finally, a prominently warming mixed layer is formed. Moreover, the BL is associated with a buoyancy frequency minimum with mild stability. Further analysis reveals that the BL's local feedbacks can be divided into two aspects, on one hand, the BL can generate dramatic changes in the local sensible and latent heat fluxes; on the other hand, the sub-halocline and the thermocline serve as two interfaces during the downward transmission of the wind stirring turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) and as a result, most TKE is retarded by the shallow halocline and being trapped above the upper mixed layer, while the residual pierced through the base of the mixed layer is likewise blocked by the thermocline. Science in China Press and Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010 Taiwan Strait nationallicence barrier layer nationallicence diurnal evolution nationallicence mixed layer nationallicence TKE nationallicence Pan AiJun Ocean Dynamics Lab., Third Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration (TIOSOA), 361005, Xiamen, China aut Wan XiaoFang Ocean Dynamics Lab., Third Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration (TIOSOA), 361005, Xiamen, China aut Chen HangYu Ocean Dynamics Lab., Third Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration (TIOSOA), 361005, Xiamen, China aut Guo XiaoGang Ocean Dynamics Lab., Third Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration (TIOSOA), 361005, Xiamen, China aut Science China Earth Sciences SP Science in China Press 53/2(2010-02-01), 274-283 1674-7313 53:2<274 2010 53 11430 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-009-0102-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-009-0102-3 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pan AiJun Ocean Dynamics Lab., Third Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration (TIOSOA), 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wan XiaoFang Ocean Dynamics Lab., Third Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration (TIOSOA), 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chen HangYu Ocean Dynamics Lab., Third Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration (TIOSOA), 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Guo XiaoGang Ocean Dynamics Lab., Third Institute of Oceanography State Oceanic Administration (TIOSOA), 361005, Xiamen, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Science China Earth Sciences SP Science in China Press 53/2(2010-02-01), 274-283 1674-7313 53:2<274 2010 53 11430 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer