Sources of water in the Taiwan Strait |
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| Authors: | Sen Jan Yu-Heng Tseng David E Dietrich |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, P.O. Box 23-13, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China; |
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| Abstract: | The conveyor of the source water that feeds into the Taiwan Strait (TS), particularly from the south, is investigated using
historical CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) data and a North Pacific Ocean and East Asian seas coupled model. The modeled
currents and drifter trajectories suggest that the Kuroshio Branch Water (KBW) rarely flows directly into the TS from the
Luzon Strait (LS) in winter; instead the massive westward movement of the Kuroshio conveys high salinity water to the southeastern
TS through a loop-like route. In summer, the modeled flow fields suggest that the Kuroshio surface currents hardly intrude
into the TS directly from the LS. Observations and model results show that the monsoon-driven northeastwardflowing currents
in the northern South China Sea transport relatively low salinity water through the entire TS. |
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