The features of the coastal fronts in the Eastern Guangdong coastal waters during the downwelling-favorable wind period

Abstract A coastal front was detected in the eastern Guangdong (EGD) coastal waters during a downwelling-favorable wind period by using the diffuse attenuation coefficient at 490 nm (K d (490)). Long-term satellite data, meteorological data and hydrographic data collected from 2003 to 2017 were join...

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Autores principales:	Chaoyu Yang, Haibin Ye
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:10c3b36a3c404553b80392b8834e90532021-12-02T15:55:03ZThe features of the coastal fronts in the Eastern Guangdong coastal waters during the downwelling-favorable wind period10.1038/s41598-021-89649-82045-2322https://doaj.org/article/10c3b36a3c404553b80392b8834e90532021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89649-8https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract A coastal front was detected in the eastern Guangdong (EGD) coastal waters during a downwelling-favorable wind period by using the diffuse attenuation coefficient at 490 nm (K d (490)). Long-term satellite data, meteorological data and hydrographic data collected from 2003 to 2017 were jointly utilized to analyze the environmental factors affecting coastal fronts. The intensities of the coastal fronts were found to be associated with the downwelling intensity. The monthly mean K d (490) anomalies in shallow coastal waters less than 25 m deep along the EGD coast and the monthly mean Ekman pumping velocities retrieved by the ERA5 dataset were negatively correlated, with a Pearson correlation of − 0.71. The fronts started in October, became weaker and gradually disappeared after January, extending southwestward from the southeastern coast of Guangdong Province to the Wanshan Archipelago in the South China Sea (SCS). The cross-frontal differences in the mean K d (490) values could reach 3.7 m−1. Noticeable peaks were found in the meridional distribution of the mean K d (490) values at 22.5°N and 22.2°N and in the zonal distribution of the mean K d (490) values at 114.7°E and 114.4°E. The peaks tended to narrow as the latitude increased. The average coastal surface currents obtained from the global Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) showed that waters with high nutrient and sediment contents in the Fujian and Zhejiang coastal areas in the southern part of the East China Sea could flow into the SCS. The directions and lengths of the fronts were found to be associated with the flow advection.Chaoyu YangHaibin YeNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Chaoyu Yang Haibin Ye The features of the coastal fronts in the Eastern Guangdong coastal waters during the downwelling-favorable wind period
description	Abstract A coastal front was detected in the eastern Guangdong (EGD) coastal waters during a downwelling-favorable wind period by using the diffuse attenuation coefficient at 490 nm (K d (490)). Long-term satellite data, meteorological data and hydrographic data collected from 2003 to 2017 were jointly utilized to analyze the environmental factors affecting coastal fronts. The intensities of the coastal fronts were found to be associated with the downwelling intensity. The monthly mean K d (490) anomalies in shallow coastal waters less than 25 m deep along the EGD coast and the monthly mean Ekman pumping velocities retrieved by the ERA5 dataset were negatively correlated, with a Pearson correlation of − 0.71. The fronts started in October, became weaker and gradually disappeared after January, extending southwestward from the southeastern coast of Guangdong Province to the Wanshan Archipelago in the South China Sea (SCS). The cross-frontal differences in the mean K d (490) values could reach 3.7 m−1. Noticeable peaks were found in the meridional distribution of the mean K d (490) values at 22.5°N and 22.2°N and in the zonal distribution of the mean K d (490) values at 114.7°E and 114.4°E. The peaks tended to narrow as the latitude increased. The average coastal surface currents obtained from the global Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) showed that waters with high nutrient and sediment contents in the Fujian and Zhejiang coastal areas in the southern part of the East China Sea could flow into the SCS. The directions and lengths of the fronts were found to be associated with the flow advection.
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title	The features of the coastal fronts in the Eastern Guangdong coastal waters during the downwelling-favorable wind period
title_short	The features of the coastal fronts in the Eastern Guangdong coastal waters during the downwelling-favorable wind period
title_full	The features of the coastal fronts in the Eastern Guangdong coastal waters during the downwelling-favorable wind period
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title_full_unstemmed	The features of the coastal fronts in the Eastern Guangdong coastal waters during the downwelling-favorable wind period
title_sort	features of the coastal fronts in the eastern guangdong coastal waters during the downwelling-favorable wind period
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The features of the coastal fronts in the Eastern Guangdong coastal waters during the downwelling-favorable wind period

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