A Study on Residual Flow in the Gulf of Tongking |
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| Authors: | Dinh-Van Manh Tetsuo Yanagi |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ehime University, Matsuyama, 790-8577, Japan;(2) Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Kasuga, 816-8580, Japan |
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| Abstract: | On the basis of observations of water temperature, salinity and wind during winter (December to following February) and summer (June to August) in the Gulf of Tongking, a robust diagnostic three-dimensional model has established that reveals the seasonal variation in residual flow, including wind-driven current, density-driven current and tide-induced residual current. It is shown that in the Gulf of Tongking the wind-driven current plays the most important role in the seasonal variation of residual flow field. Due to strong NE monsoon (9 m/s) during winter the residual flow (reaches 30 cm/s) is stronger than that in summer. At the surface the residual flow direction during winter is basically westward or southwestward, while during summer it is almost reversed. |
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| Keywords: | Residual flow diagnostic model Gulf of Tongking |
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