{"title":"Surface Currents Along the Coast of the Chinese Mainland Observed by Coastal Drifters During April‐May 2019","authors":"Longqi Yang, Zhenyu Sun, Zhiyuan Hu, Zhida Huang, Zhaozhang Chen, Jia Zhu, Jianyu Hu","doi":"10.4031/mtsj.57.1.16","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract We have analyzed the surface current characteristics along the coast of the Chinese mainland in autumn and winter by the trajectories of coastal drifters in a previous study (Yang et al., 2021). This paper is a follow-up study focusing on the surface current characteristics\n in spring. By the trajectories of coastal drifters in April‐May 2019, we continue to analyze the characteristics of surface currents. It is indicated that: (1) the surface currents were generally southwestward along the coasts of Zhejiang and Fujian, while they flowed northeastward\n in the offshore area in April 2019. (2) In May 2019, the surface current in the sea area north of 28°N had a small speed without a fixed direction nearshore, but had larger speed offshore. (3) The surface currents along the Zhejiang coast were variable in April‐May 2019, mainly\n corresponding to the change of wind field. (4) The coastal drifter is a useful instrument to observe circulation systems more precisely in nearshore but not deep ocean.","PeriodicalId":49878,"journal":{"name":"Marine Technology Society Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2023-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Marine Technology Society Journal","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4031/mtsj.57.1.16","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, OCEAN","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract We have analyzed the surface current characteristics along the coast of the Chinese mainland in autumn and winter by the trajectories of coastal drifters in a previous study (Yang et al., 2021). This paper is a follow-up study focusing on the surface current characteristics
in spring. By the trajectories of coastal drifters in April‐May 2019, we continue to analyze the characteristics of surface currents. It is indicated that: (1) the surface currents were generally southwestward along the coasts of Zhejiang and Fujian, while they flowed northeastward
in the offshore area in April 2019. (2) In May 2019, the surface current in the sea area north of 28°N had a small speed without a fixed direction nearshore, but had larger speed offshore. (3) The surface currents along the Zhejiang coast were variable in April‐May 2019, mainly
corresponding to the change of wind field. (4) The coastal drifter is a useful instrument to observe circulation systems more precisely in nearshore but not deep ocean.
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The Marine Technology Society Journal is the flagship publication of the Marine Technology Society. It publishes the highest caliber, peer-reviewed papers, six times a year, on subjects of interest to the society: marine technology, ocean science, marine policy, and education.