Study on the variation of the vertical structure of temperature and salinity at the regions of Vietnamese continental shelf in Junes of 2000 and 2001

Abstract

In this paper, on the basis of temperature and salinity data measured at the mooring stations in Vietnamese continental shelf in Junes of 2000 and 2001, some studied results on the variation of vertical structures of temperature and salinity are presented. The vertical structures of temperature and salinity at the regions of Vietnamese continental shelf have different shapes and are influenced by specific dynamical conditions in different regions. At the station Tr.LT1, the vertical structures of temperature and salinity have normal shape of coastal sea regions where the exchange of the water masses in deep layers is rather weak. At the stations Tr.LT8, Tr.LT14, Tr.LT20 and Tr.LT25, the vertical structures are influenced by water-mass exchange with the cold current system and upwelling phenomenon during the summer time in the western coastal zones of the East Sea (South China Sea).