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巴塔哥尼亚陆架海域岸线和水深对潮汐振幅的影响

Effects of shoreline and water depth of the Patagonian Shelf Sea on tidal amplitude

  • 摘要: 位于南美洲南端的巴塔哥尼亚陆架海是全球潮差显著的区域,主要分潮为M2分潮。以往的研究表明,大陆架宽度引起的共振是造成该区域潮差显著的原因,但是该理论对陆架海域内格兰德湾、圣豪尔赫湾和圣马蒂亚斯湾的潮汐放大并不相同这一现象不能做出合理解释。本研究侧重于格兰德湾和圣豪尔赫湾这两个海湾,通过构建高分辨率的非结构网络有限体积社区网格模型(finite volume community ocean model, FVCOM)模型,并设置一系列数值试验,通过改变岸线形态和水深,进一步研究岸线和水深对潮汐振幅的调控作用。研究结果发现除了陆架共振外,弧形凹进的海岸线长度和岬角位置对格兰德湾的潮汐振幅也有调制作用,圣豪尔赫湾的潮汐振幅则受到岬角与上游海湾振幅的影响,局地水深和底摩擦也对圣豪尔赫湾的潮汐振幅存在一定影响。

     

    Abstract: The Patagonia continental shelf sea, located at the southern tip of South America, is an area with significant tidal range in the world, and the dominant tidal component is M2 tidal component. Previous studies showed that the significant tidal range in the area was caused by the resonance due to the width of the continental shelf. However, this resonance theory can’t provide a reasonable explanation for the different tidal ranges for Grande Bay, San Jorge Gulf and San Matias Gulf within the continental shelf. This article focuses on two bays, Grande Bay and San Jorge Gulf, by constructing a high-resolution finite volume community ocean model (FVCOM) and setting a series of numerical experiments to further investigate in depth the modulation of tidal amplitude by the shoreline morphology and water depth by changing the shoreline morphology and water depth. In addition to the shelf resonance, we found that the length of recessed arc-shaped coastline and the position of the headland modulate the tidal amplitude of Grande Bay and the headland and the tidal amplitude of upstream bay affects tidal amplitude of San Jorge Gulf. The local depth and bottom friction also have some influence on the tidal amplitude in San Jorge Bay.

     

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