威海湾夏季上升流现象及其对悬浮体输运的影响

Summer upwelling current in Weihai Bay and its contribution to transportation of suspended matters

  • 摘要: 利用2018年夏季威海湾及邻近海域的实测海水温度、盐度、浊度数据和海湾口门处的水位、潮流、底层水温数据,结合局地风场和海表温度卫星遥感资料,分析了夏季威海湾上升流现象,研究了其形成机制及对悬浮体输运的影响。结果表明:威海湾内表层水温低于23 ℃,较湾外约低4~5 ℃,等温线由海向陆沿地形逐渐抬升,在口门处呈尖锥状向上拱起,湾内存在明显的上升流现象,其中心位于口门附近。观测期间随着局地风场变化,上升流呈现稳定、减弱、消失、恢复的阶段性变化。威海湾上升流主要是由夏季偏南风驱动产生,海底地形则对上升流的强度具有重要影响。在偏南风的作用下,上层海水以离岸运动为主,外海中下层冷水主要通过南侧口门进入湾内,过剩的水体通过北侧口门流出。研究区水体浊度的分布状态与海水温度场具有高度相关性,浊度等值线在口门处凸起,具有向上涌升的趋势。成山头附近海域再悬浮的泥沙可能是威海湾内泥质沉积的主要来源之一,上升流的存在一方面可以减缓悬浮体的沉降速度,另一方面为底层海水提供向岸运动的分量。

     

    Abstract: This paper is devoted to the mechanism of summer upwelling current in Weihai Bay and its contribution to the transportation of suspended matters based on the observation data acquired from the instrumented tripods placed at the grid stations arround the bay mouth during the summer of 2018. The data studied includes water temperature, salinity, turbidity, water level, tidal current, satellite remote sensing data of SST and winds. Results show that the water temperature of the surface layer in the bay is below 23 ℃, about 4~5 ℃ lower than that of the outside water. Isotherms were climbing up shoreward and peaked near the bay mouth in a cone-shaped form, indicating the existence of upwelling current. With the change of local winds, the upwelling current changes in a cyclic pattern from stabilization, weakening, disappearance and recovery. The upwelling was supposed to be driven by southerly summer winds, and the local topography has a significant impact on its intensity. Under the action of southerly winds, water in the upper layer moves seaward, which causes the upwelling of cold bottom water flowing from the outside into the bay mainly through the southern mouth. Instead, the surplus water flows out of the bay through the northern mouth. The distribution of turbidity in the study area was well correlated with water temperature, the iso-contours of turbidity also bulge upward near the bay mouth. The re-suspended sediment off the Chengshantou Cape may be the main source of the mud deposit in the bay, the existence of upwelling current may reduce the settling velocity of suspended matters and drive the landward transport of the bottom water.

     

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