Progress and future expectation of regional oceanography research in South China Sea
Progress and future expectation of regional oceanography research in South China Sea
Instructors/Speakers Prof. Dongxiao WANG Dean and Professor School of Marine Sciences Sun Yat-sen University China Abstract South China Sea (SCS) is one of the crucial oceanic channels connecting Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean. It develops a complicated circulation, and heat and salt variability of SCS could have significant influences on regional climate. This topic will introduce (1) Interannual variation of circulation in the SCS. The intensity of eastward and northward branch of the summer SCS Western Boundary Current (WBC) along the coast of Vietnam showed negative correlation on interannual scale. This variation is mainly affected by the SCS Summer Monsoon and the flux of Luzon Strait. (2) Subsurface layer warming event in the SCS. Extreme warming events had happened many ...