在与西方的边界水流(白血球) 和旋涡联系的华南海(SCS ) 的物理海洋学的最近的进步在这份报纸被考察。它包括 WBC,的南船座观察在 WBC 的旋涡察觉基于卫星想象,在白血球的跨大陆人的架交换,旋涡水流相互作用,白血球的 interannual 可变性,由空至海的相互作用, SCS throughflow (SCSTF ) ,在其它之中。在 SCS 的白血球是强壮的,并且它的结构,可变性和动态过程在上季节并且 interannual 时间规模充分还有待于被理解。在这份报纸,我们在在过去几年里完成的 WBC,旋涡水流相互作用,由空至海的相互作用,和 SCSTF 的可变性上总结进步。用漂流的浮标观察,在它到达中央越南海岸以后,第一,我们指出白血球变得更强壮、更狭窄。在北 SCS 影响海洋发行量的可能的机制被讨论,并且在冬季在白血球的北分支的区域导致逆流的动态机制是用动量平衡的也学习的份量上。WBC 的 geostropic 部件沿着 18 芀愀ば ? ば用轮船观察被诊断吗??
Recent progress of physical oceanography in the South China Sea (SCS) associated with the western boundary current (WBC) and eddies is reviewed in this paper. It includes Argo observations of the WBC, eddy detection in the WBC based on satellite images, cross-continental shelf exchange in the WBC, eddy-current interaction, interannual variability of the WBC, air-sea interaction, the SCS throughflow (SCSTF), among others. The WBC in the SCS is strong, and its structure, variability and dynamic processes on seasonal and interannual time scales are yet to he fully understood. In this paper, we summarize progresses on the variability of the WBC, eddy-current interaction, air-sea interaction, and the SCSTF achieved in the past few years, Firstly, using the drifting buoy observations, we point out that the WBC becomes stronger and narrower after it reaches the central Vietnam coast. The pos- sible mechanisms influencing the ocean circulation in the northern SCS are discussed, and the dynamic mechanisms that induce the countercurrent in the region of northern branch of WBC in winter are also studied quantitatively using momentum balance. The geostropic component of the WBC was diagnosed using the ship observation along 18~N, and we found that the WBC changed significantly on interannual time scale. Secondly, using the ship observations, two anti-cyclonic eddies in the winter of 2003/2004 in the northern SCS, and three anti-cyclonic eddies in the summer of 2007 along 18~N were studied. The results show that the two anti-cyclonic eddies can propagate southwestward along the continental shelf at the speed of first Rossby wave (~0.1 m s-1) in winter, and the interaction between the three anti-cyclonic eddies in summer and the WBC in the SCS is preliminarily revealed. Eddies on the continental shelf of northern SCS propagated southeastward with a maximum speed of 0.09 m s-1, and those to the east of Vietnam coast had the largest kinetic energy, both of which imply strong interaction between eddy activity and