caa a22 4500 605455341 CHVBK 20210128100212.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10872-015-0305-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10872-015-0305-5 A long-term volume transport time series estimated by combining in situ observation and satellite altimeter data in the northern South China Sea [Elektronische Daten] [Xiao-Hua Zhu, Ruixiang Zhao, Xinyu Guo, Yu Long, Yun-Long Ma, Xiaopeng Fan] We deployed five pressure-recording inverted echo sounders (PIES) along a satellite altimeter track across the continental slope of the northern South China Sea (NSCS) from October 2012 to July 2014, and obtained a time series of volume transport (VTPIES) across the section from their records. Applying the empirical relationship between VTPIES and the satellite altimeter sea surface height anomaly difference across the section, we obtained a time series of volume transport (VTNSCS) over 22years from 1992 to 2014. The VTNSCS shows a small mean value of −1.6Sv (1Sv=106 m3s−1) (i.e., toward the southwest), but a significant seasonal reversal and mesoscale eddy induced fluctuations (−11.8 to 19.7Sv). The monthly mean of VTNSCS over 22years shows a maximum (3.6Sv) in July and a minimum (−7.3Sv) in December. This is the first long time series of volume transport for the NSCS based on in situ data. The Oceanographic Society of Japan and Springer Japan, 2015 Long-term time series of volume transport nationallicence Pressure-recording inverted echo sounder nationallicence Gravest empirical mode nationallicence Satellite altimeter nationallicence Seasonal variability nationallicence South China sea nationallicence Zhu Xiao-Hua State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, 36BaochubeiRoad, 310012, Hangzhou, China aut Zhao Ruixiang State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, 36BaochubeiRoad, 310012, Hangzhou, China aut Guo Xinyu State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, 36BaochubeiRoad, 310012, Hangzhou, China aut Long Yu State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, 36BaochubeiRoad, 310012, Hangzhou, China aut Ma Yun-Long State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, 36BaochubeiRoad, 310012, Hangzhou, China aut Fan Xiaopeng State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, 36BaochubeiRoad, 310012, Hangzhou, China aut Journal of Oceanography Springer Japan 71/6(2015-12-01), 663-673 0916-8370 71:6<663 2015 71 10872 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-015-0305-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-015-0305-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhu Xiao-Hua State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, 36BaochubeiRoad, 310012, Hangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhao Ruixiang State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, 36BaochubeiRoad, 310012, Hangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Guo Xinyu State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, 36BaochubeiRoad, 310012, Hangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Long Yu State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, 36BaochubeiRoad, 310012, Hangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ma Yun-Long State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, 36BaochubeiRoad, 310012, Hangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fan Xiaopeng State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, 36BaochubeiRoad, 310012, Hangzhou, China aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Oceanography Springer Japan 71/6(2015-12-01), 663-673 0916-8370 71:6<663 2015 71 10872