naa a22 4500 510753574 CHVBK 20180411083113.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s13131-013-0318-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s13131-013-0318-0 Spring mesoscale high in the western South China Sea [Elektronische Daten] [Zhigang He, Yan Zhang, Dongxiao Wang] A recurring spring mesoscale eddy in the western South China Sea (SCS) is studied using remote sensing data and historical in situ observations. The feature first appears east of the central Vietnam coast in February as a high sea-level anomaly, grows rapidly to a well-developed anticyclonic eddy by March, matures in April, and decays in May. Besides the warm-core feature, it also has an inherent low-salinity property, so it is named "spring mesoscale high (SMH)”. Though with clear interannual variation in terms of intensity and spatial coverage, the SMH always emerges in the region between 110°E and 114°E and between 12°N and 16°N. The formation of SMH is ascribed to the combined effects of wind forcing and releasing of potential energy set up by winter monsoon. In particular, the wind-stress curl plays an important role in its development, maintenance, and dissipation. The Chinese Society of Oceanography and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013 spring nationallicence western South China Sea nationallicence warm eddy nationallicence He Zhigang State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography (LTO), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut Zhang Yan State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography (LTO), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut Wang Dongxiao State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography (LTO), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut Acta Oceanologica Sinica The Chinese Society of Oceanography 32/6(2013-06-01), 1-5 0253-505X 32:6<1 2013 32 13131 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-013-0318-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-013-0318-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- He Zhigang State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography (LTO), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhang Yan State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography (LTO), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang Dongxiao State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography (LTO), South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Oceanologica Sinica The Chinese Society of Oceanography 32/6(2013-06-01), 1-5 0253-505X 32:6<1 2013 32 13131 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer