Propagation of Topographic Rossby Waves in the Deep Basin of the South China Sea Based on Abyssal Current Observations

Author:

Zheng Hua123,Zhu Xiao-Hua123,Zhang Chuanzheng32,Zhao Ruixiang32,Zhu Ze-Nan32,Liu Zhao-Jun32

Affiliation:

1. a School of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

2. b Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Zhuhai, China

3. c State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics, Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Hangzhou, China

Abstract

AbstractTopographic Rossby waves (TRWs) are oscillations generated on sloping topography when water columns travel across isobaths under potential vorticity conservation. From our large-scale observations from 2016 to 2019, near-65-day TRWs were first observed in the deep basin of the South China Sea (SCS). The TRWs propagated westward with a larger wavelength (235 km) and phase speed (3.6 km day−1) in the north of the array and a smaller wavelength (80 km) and phase speed (1.2 km day−1) toward the southwest of the array. The ray-tracing model was used to identify the energy source and propagation features of the TRWs. The paths of the near-65-day TRWs mainly followed the isobaths with a slightly downslope propagation. The possible energy source of the TRWs was the variance of surface eddies southwest of Taiwan. The near-65-day energy propagated from the southwest of Taiwan to the northeast and southwest of the array over ~100–120 and ~105 days, respectively, corresponding to a group velocity of 4.2–5.0 and 10.5 km day−1, respectively. This suggests that TRWs play an important role in deep-ocean dynamics and deep current variation, and upper-ocean variance may adjust the intraseasonal variability in the deep SCS.

Publisher

American Meteorological Society

Subject

Oceanography

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