ZHANG Cai-yun 1, SHANG Shao-ling1, CHEN De-wen2, et al. Short-term Variability of the Distribution of Zhe-Min Coastal Water and Wind Forcing during Winter Monsoon in the Taiwan Strait[J]. Journal of Remote Sensing, 2005, (4): 452-458. DOI: 10.11834/jrs.20050465.
Short-term Variability of the Distribution of Zhe-Min Coastal Water and Wind Forcing during Winter Monsoon in the Taiwan Strait
This paper has a primary look at the daily variation of coastal water distribution in relation to wintertime wind forcing in the Taiwan Strait. QuikSCAT wind data and AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature(SST) data during the period from July
1999 to May
2003 were used in this study. Monthly mean wind field and SST during this period were analyzed first. It was shown that this remote sensing dataset revealed similar temporal and spatial features of wind field and SST as people reported based on in situ investigation. Daily SST and wind forcing data during Jan. 2nd to the 8th
2002 were thus further used to study the short-term temporal pattern of Zhe-Min Coastal Water and its relationship with wind forcing. Two simplified methods were attempted to estimate the area of Zhe-Min Coastal Water distributed. One used SST≤17℃ and the other used SSTA≤-1℃ as the criteria. It was demonstrated that wind was the key factor controlling the daily variation of SST in the Taiwan Strait. The area of Zhe-Min Coastal Water was highly correlated with wind stress
with its correlation coefficient(R2) reaching 0.90.