Journal of Environmental Science International (한국환경과학회지)

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North Pacific Intermediate Water in the Northwest Pacific

북서태평양에서의 북태평양중층수

  • 양성기 (제주대학교 해양과학대학 해양토목공학과)
  • Published : 1994.09.01
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Abstract

By laying emphasis on the intermediate layer, water property distribution in the Northwest Pacific is studied using the hydrographic data obtained by Japan Meteorologica] Agency in the period from 1960 to 1986. The scattering of water type in T-S diagram is relatively small in the Kuroshio Region. Both the envelopes of saline side and of fresh side of the scattered data points shifts gradually from saline side to fresh side as the observation line moves from southwest to northeast. In the Mixed Water Region, the scattering of water type increases rapidly as the observation line moves north; The envelope of fresh cold side moves towards fresh cold side much faster than that of same side. The thermosteric anomaly value at the salinity minimum decreases as the observation line moves from north to south or southwest. This suggests that the water does not advect along the salinity minimum layer, but that the salinity minimun layer is understood as a boundary of two different waters aligned vertically. We defined the typical water masses for the Oyashio Water and the Kuroshio Water. The water mass below the salinity minimum layer may be created by isopycnal mixing of these two water masses with a fixed mixing rate. While, the water mass above the salinity minimum cannot be created simply by isopycnal mixing. The salinity minimum layer may be eroded from upper side due to active mixing processes in the surface layer, while the water of the salinity minimum layer moves gradually southward. This appears to give an explanation why the thermosteric anomaly value at salinity minimum decreases towards south.

북태평양에 위치한 일본근애의 수괴분포에 대한 특성을 중층수에 중점을 두어 일본 해상 기상청이 관측한 정이 해양관측정선에서 얻어진 자료를 사용하여 검토하였다. 쿠로시오해역의 T-S도상에서 분산은 비교적 작게 나타나고 있다. 쿠로시오해역에서 고온, 고염분층에서부터 저온, 저염분측으로 이동하고 있다. 혼합해역에서 수형의 분한은 북으로 이동함에 따라 고염분측의 이동보다 저온, 저염분측으로 급격히 증가하고 있다. 염분극소층에서 해수의 써모스테릭 아노말리(thermosteric anomaly)는 해양관측정선이 북에서 남으로 이동함에 따라 감소하고 있다. 이러한 사실은 해수가 염분극소층을 따라 남하하는 것이 아니고, 염분극소층이 두 해수의 수직적인 경계임을 제시하고 있다. 여기서 오야시오수와 쿠로시오수의 두 전형적인 수괴를 정의하고 있따. 염분극소층보다 깊은 부분의 T-S도는 전형적인 오야시오수와 쿠로시오수가 같은 양으로 혼합하는데 대해, 염분극소층보다 상층에서는 전혀 다름 양상을 나타내고 있다. 염분극소층 해수의 써모스테릭 아노말리가 북에서 남으로 이동함에 따라 뚜렷이 감소해 간다. 이러한 사실은 왜 염분극소층에서 써모스테릭 아니말리의 값이 북에서 남쪽으로 이동함에 따라 감소하는지를 설명해 주고 있다.

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