The Influence of Wind Direction during Storms on Sea Temperature in the Coastal Water of Muping, China

Sea temperature structures are important for water stratification and marine ecosystems. In the coastal of Muping, China, stationary measurements sea captured temporal changes during two summer storm events. The north component wind storms was opposite. responded differently to directions in A well-validated numerical ocean model used investigate mechanism variation coast Muping. revealed that southerly easterly upwelling-favorable study area. They generated shoreward transport bottom cold water, which induced cooling, enhanced stratification, weakened vertical mixing. On other hand, northerly westerly downwelling-favorable turbulent alongshore caused more cross-shore than wind, resulted stronger cooling. Similarly, lower wind. surface cold-water band formed second storm. Although it balance analysis indicated mixing westward horizontal advection were dominant processes compared upwelling.