CHARACTERISTICS AND FORMATION CAUSES OF QINGDAO COLD WATER MASS

• Published in: Chinese journal of oceanology and limnology Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 303 - 308
• Main Author: 张启龙 刘兴泉 程明华 于新胜
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Nature B.V 01.12.2002; Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China%Ocean University of Qingdao, Qingdao 266003, China
• Subjects: Coastal waters; Cold water; Cold water masses; Dissolved oxygen; Low temperature; Marine; Oceanography; Oceans; Salinity; Salinity data; Salinity effects; Solar radiation; Studies; Water; Water masses; Water temperature; 冷水团; 比较分析法; 溶解氧; 青岛市; INW, Huanghai Sea; INW, China, People's Rep., Shandong Prov., Qingdao; characteristics format ion cause; Qingdao Cold Water Mass
• ISSN: 0254-4059; 2096-5508; 1993-5005; 2523-3521
• DOI: 10.1007/BF02847919

In this work,the main characteristics of the Qingdao Cold Water Mass were studied by using“the comparison analysis method”based on 1980 temperature,salinity and dissolved oxygen data on the western South Yellow Sea.The formation cause of the water mass was analyzed based on February of 1959 temperature and salinity data for this area and on some other authors’studies.The results showed that the Qingdao Cold Water Mass has growing and vanishing processes：appears in the last ten days of March;has stable pattern in April；is biggest in its area in May；becomes small in its area in June;vanishes in July.It comes from the northem Shandong Coastal Water and is characterized by low temperature and salinity and high disolved oxygen.The mass is formed under the joint effects of anticyclonic circulation and solar radiation.