Vol.29 No.2(9) [2007]

Year-to-year variations in amplitude and phase of seasonal variation of sea surface temperature in the Bohai Sea

Tetsuo YANAGI, Shoya SAKODA, Futoki SAKAIDA and Hiroshi KAWAMURA

[ABSTRACT ]

Year-to-year variations in amplitude and phase of the seasonal variation of sea surface temperature in the Bohai Sea were investigated using NOAA AVHRR images from 1989 to 2003 and they were reproduced by a simple numerical experiment including the effects of sea surface heat flux and water exchange through the Bohai Strait. The results show that the water exchange rate through the Bohai Strait decreased from 1989 to 2003 due to the decrease of the Yellow River discharge.