Journal
DYNAMICS OF ATMOSPHERES AND OCEANS
Volume 47, Issue 1-3, Pages 3-14Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2008.05.001
Keywords
South China Sea throughflow; Western boundary current; Indonesian throughflow; Asian climate
Funding
- U.S. National Science Foundation [OCE-0623533]
- Japan Society for Promotion of Science [17204040]
- Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
- National Ocean and Atmosphere Administration
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology [7471]
- IPRC [IPRC-525]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17204040] Funding Source: KAKEN
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The South China Sea throughflow (SCSTF) involves the inflow through the Luzon strait and the outflow through the Karimata, Mindoro, and Taiwan straits. Recent studies have suggested that the SCSTF act as a heat and freshwater conveyor, playing a potentially important role in regulating the sea surface temperature pattern in the South China Sea and its adjoining tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. In this introductory paper, we attempt to convey the progress that has recently been made in understanding the SCSTF. We first provide an overview of existing observations, theories, and simulations of the SCSTF. Then, we discuss its interaction with the Pacific western boundary current and Indonesian throughflow. Finally, we summarize issues and questions that remain to be addressed, with special reference to the SCSTF's dynamics, variability, and implication for climate. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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