New insights into the South China Sea throughflow and water budget seasonal cycle: evaluation and analysis of a high-resolution configuration of the ocean model SYMPHONIE version 2.4

Trinh, Ngoc B.; Herrmann, Marine; Ulses, Caroline; Marsaleix, Patrick; Duhaut, Thomas; To Duy, Thai; Estournel, Claude; Shearman, R. Kipp

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-1831-2024

Articles | Volume 17, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-1831-2024

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-1831-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 4

Model evaluation paper

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29 Feb 2024

Model evaluation paper |

| 29 Feb 2024

New insights into the South China Sea throughflow and water budget seasonal cycle: evaluation and analysis of a high-resolution configuration of the ocean model SYMPHONIE version 2.4

Ngoc B. Trinh, Marine Herrmann, Caroline Ulses, Patrick Marsaleix, Thomas Duhaut, Thai To Duy, Claude Estournel, and R. Kipp Shearman

Data sets

High-resolution configuration of the hydrodynamical ocean model SYMPHONIE (version 249) over the South China Sea (Version 249) Ngoc Bich Trinh et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7941495

Model code and software

High-resolution configuration of the hydrodynamical ocean model SYMPHONIE (version 249) over the South China Sea (Version 249) Ngoc Bich Trinh et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7941495

Short summary

A high-resolution model was built to study the South China Sea (SCS) water, heat, and salt budgets. Model performance is demonstrated by comparison with observations and simulations. Important discards are observed if calculating offline, instead of online, lateral inflows and outflows of water, heat, and salt. The SCS mainly receives water from the Luzon Strait and releases it through the Mindoro, Taiwan, and Karimata straits. SCS surface interocean water exchanges are driven by monsoon winds.