海洋学

海洋学

来源出版物Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2015, 34(11): 1-5

联系邮箱：HUANG Ruixin, rhuang@whoi.edu

Scientific questions about South China Sea ocean dynamics

HUANG Ruixin, DU Yan

South China Sea, its circulation and connection with other parts of the world oceans, poses important scientific questions. From the prospective view, we postulate ten key research directions to be pursued in the coming future, including ventilation of a monsoon dominated sea, water mass formation/transformation, heat/salt and water mass balance, energetics and mixing, mesoscale eddies, the role of typhoon, deep circulation and paleoclimate records, interaction with adjacent oceans, upwelling and ecology system, and response to climate changes.

South China Sea; ocean dynamics; circulation; gyre interaction; ventilation; mixing