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A complete set of one-month Acoustic Doppler Profiler (ADP) current data at a station in the southern Yellow Sea (SYS) is analyzed using the rotary spectrum method. The results revealed different rotary properties between barotropic and baroclinic tidal currents. The barotropic and baroclinic tidal currents rotate elliptically counter-clockwise and clockwise, respectively. Meanwhile, baroclinic bottom tidal currents are almost along-isobath. The baroclinic cross-isobath velocities attenuate quickly at the bottom, implying important effects of bottom topography on the cross-isobath motions.
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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40606009) and the special Post-doctoral research Foundation of Shandong Province (No. 200602002).
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Liu, Z., Hu, D., Tang, X. et al. Rotary spectrum analysis of tidal current in the southern Yellow Sea. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 25, 286–291 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-007-0286-3
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