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Rapid Warming of Sea Surface Temperature along the Kuroshio and the China Coast in the East China Sea during the Twentieth Century
| Title: | Rapid Warming of Sea Surface Temperature along the Kuroshio and the China Coast in the East China Sea during the Twentieth Century |
| Authors: | Sasaki, Yoshi N. Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Umeda, Chisato Browse this author |
| Keywords: | Boundary currents | | Atmosphere-ocean interaction | | Climate change | | Ocean models | | Oceanic variability | | Trends |
| Issue Date: | Jun-2021 |
| Publisher: | American Meteorological Society |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Climate |
| Volume: | 34 |
| Issue: | 12 |
| Start Page: | 4803 |
| End Page: | 4815 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0421.1 |
| Abstract: | It has been reported that the sea surface temperature (SST) trend of the East China Sea during the twentieth century was a couple of times larger than the global mean SST trend. However, the detailed spatial structure of the SST trend in the East China Sea and its mechanism have not been understood. The present study examines the SST trend in the East China Sea from 1901 to 2010 using observational data and a Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) with an eddy-resolving horizontal resolution. A comparison among two observational datasets and the model output reveals that enhanced SST warming occurred along the Kuroshio and along the coast of China over the continental shelf. In both regions, the SST trends were the largest in winter. The heat budget analysis using the model output indicates that the upper-layer temperature rises in both regions were induced by the trend of ocean advection, which was balanced in relation to the increase of surface net heat release. In addition, the rapid SST warming along the Kuroshio was induced by the acceleration of the Kuroshio. Sensitivity experiments revealed that this acceleration was likely caused by the negative wind stress curl anomalies over the North Pacific. In contrast, the enhanced SST warming along the China coast resulted from the ocean circulation change over the continental shelf by local atmospheric forcing. |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/82199 |
| Appears in Collections: | 理学院・理学研究院 (Graduate School of Science / Faculty of Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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