The effects of geothermal heating on the East/Japan Sea circulation
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Title
- The effects of geothermal heating on the East/Japan Sea circulation
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Author(s)
- Park, Young-Gyu; Park, Jae-Hun; Lee, Ho Jin; Min, Hong Sik; Kim, Seon-Dong
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- Park, Young Gyu(박영규); Min, Hong Sik(민홍식)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 박영규; 박재훈; 민홍식
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Publication Year
- 2013-04
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Abstract
- The magnitude of geothermal heating in the East/Japan Sea is about 100mW/m2, twice that of a typical abyssal plain. In addition, bottom stratification in the East/Japan Sea is much weaker than that typical of the open ocean. Thus, geothermal heating could have more prominent effects in the East/Japan Sea than in the open ocean, and we tested this hypothesis via numerical modeling. With less than 100mW/m2 bottom heat flux, we were able to reproduce bottom mixed layers that are thicker than similar to 1000m as observed. Previously, no numerical model has been successful in reproducing such bottom mixed layers. Geothermal heating intensifies the bottom flows but the simulated flows are not as strong as the observed ones. Over the northern part of the East/Japan Sea, reduction in deep stratification strengthens deep water mass formation, intensifying cyclonic circulations located over this area, so the effects of the heating extend to the surface. As the cyclonic circulation becomes stronger, the water at the center of the gyre is trapped and more exposed to cold air, so it becomes cooler, and colder deep water is produced. When the geothermal heating is strong enough, the surface cooling effect dominates the bottom heating and the deep layer becomes cooler showing that the nonlinear effects of geothermal heating are far reaching. Thus, to account for the observed dynamics, the full three-dimensional circulation at the basin scale is needed.
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ISSN
- 2169-9275
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/3244
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DOI
- 10.1002/jgrc.20161
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Bibliographic Citation
- JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-OCEANS, v.118, no.4, pp.1893 - 1905, 2013
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Publisher
- AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
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Subject
- NEAR-INERTIAL OSCILLATIONS; JAPAN/EAST SEA; MODEL; WATER; FLOW; ENERGETICS; PACIFIC; IMPACT
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Keywords
- geothermal heating; East/Japan Sea; bottom mixed layer; ocean modeling
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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