A Numerical Model of Circulation in the East China Sea

Abstract

The coastal circulation is one of the focuses in environmental protection. A self-adaptive numerical model of the circulation in the East China Sea (the Bohai Sea, Huanghai Sea (Yellow Sea) and East China Sea) (ECS) is established for the first time. By using a self-adaptive grid system, the grids are denser at the continental slope of the ECS. Thus, the difficult problem of applying a 3-dimensional (3D) baroclinic model with coordinate transformation at continental slope is solved. This model can be used to simulate 3D baroclinic current fields and to obtain wind-driven, thermohaline and tide-induced Lagrangian circulation.