naa a22 4500 510753760 CHVBK 20180411083114.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s13131-013-0349-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s13131-013-0349-6 Impacts of a wind stress and a buoyancy flux on the seasonal variation of mixing layer depth in the South China Sea [Elektronische Daten] [Xianjun Xiao, Dongxiao Wang, Wen Zhou, Zuqiang Zhang, Yinghao Qin, Na He, Lili Zeng] The seasonal variation of mixing layer depth (MLD) in the ocean is determined by a wind stress and a buoyance flux. A South China Sea (SCS) ocean data assimilation system is used to analyze the seasonal cycle of its MLD. It is found that the variability of MLD in the SCS is shallow in summer and deep in winter, as is the case in general. Owing to local atmosphere forcing and ocean dynamics, the seasonal variability shows a regional characteristic in the SCS. In the northern SCS, the MLD is shallow in summer and deep in winter, affected coherently by the wind stress and the buoyance flux. The variation of MLD in the west is close to that in the central SCS, influenced by the advection of strong western boundary currents. The eastern SCS presents an annual cycle, which is deep in summer and shallow in winter, primarily impacted by a heat flux on the air-sea interface. So regional characteristic needs to be cared in the analysis about the MLD of SCS. The Chinese Society of Oceanography and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2013 wind stress nationallicence buoyance flux nationallicence mixed layer nationallicence South China Sea nationallicence Xiao Xianjun National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, 100081, Beijing, China aut Wang Dongxiao State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut Zhou Wen Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, 00852, Hong Kong, China aut Zhang Zuqiang National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, 100081, Beijing, China aut Qin Yinghao National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, 100081, Beijing, China aut He Na Beijing Meteorological Station, 100089, Beijing, China aut Zeng Lili State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut Acta Oceanologica Sinica Springer Berlin Heidelberg 32/9(2013-09-01), 30-37 0253-505X 32:9<30 2013 32 13131 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-013-0349-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-013-0349-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Xiao Xianjun National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, 100081, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wang Dongxiao State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhou Wen Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, 00852, Hong Kong, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhang Zuqiang National Climate Center, China Meteorological Administration, 100081, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Qin Yinghao National Marine Environmental Forecasting Center, 100081, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- He Na Beijing Meteorological Station, 100089, Beijing, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zeng Lili State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 510301, Guangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Acta Oceanologica Sinica Springer Berlin Heidelberg 32/9(2013-09-01), 30-37 0253-505X 32:9<30 2013 32 13131 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer