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Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-335-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-12-335-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
Research article
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01 Mar 2016
Research article |  | 01 Mar 2016

On the near-inertial variations of meridional overturning circulation in the South China Sea

Jingen Xiao, Qiang Xie, Dongxiao Wang, Lei Yang, Yeqiang Shu, Changjian Liu, Ju Chen, Jinglong Yao, and Gengxin Chen

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We examine near-inertial variability of the meridional overturning circulation in the South China Sea (SCSMOC) using a global 1 / 12° ocean reanalysis. Based on wavelet analysis and power spectrum, we suggest that deep SCSMOC has a significant near-inertial band. The maximum amplitude of the near-inertial signal in the SCSMOC is nearly 4 Sv. The spatial structure of the signal features regularly alternating counterclockwise and clockwise overturning cells.
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