其他摘要 | As one of the core elements of the ocean dynamical system, the ocean flow field has far-reaching effects on ocean dynamical processes, the climate system, and the marine ecosystem. However, under the joint influence of many complex factors, such as the ocean wind and the geostrophic effect, the ocean flow field shows a high degree of complexity and variability. Compared with ocean temperature and salinity, there is a relative lack of observational data on the ocean flow field, which greatly increases the difficulty of reconstructing the ocean flow field. Presently, research on ocean current reconstruction remains limited, predominantly relying on dynamical approaches. However, dynamical models have limitations in parameterizing multiple complex factors and obtaining information about the boundary conditions, and thus are prone to large errors in reconstructing the ocean current field.
In order to reconstruct the interior flow field of the ocean using statistical methods, this paper initially employs the Light Gradient Boosting Machine (LightGBM) algorithm to construct a regression model between the satellite ocean surface observation and the Array for Real-Time Geostrophic Oceanography (Argo) horizontal flow at a depth of 1000 m, thereby enabling the reconstruction of the horizontal flow field in the Southern Ocean. The LightGBM model, validated by Argo, demonstrates superior performance to multiple reanalyzed datasets in depicting the spatial and temporal characteristics of the flow field in the Southern Ocean. Quantitatively, the correlation coefficient between the flow reconstructed by the LightGBM model and that of Argo is 0.78, and the Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) is 4.07 cm/s. This is better than Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO, with a correlation coefficient of 0.51 and an RMSE of 6.83 cm/s), Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (GODAS, with a correlation coefficient of 0.26 and an RMSE of 6.48 cm/s), Global Ocean Physics Reanalyisis (GLORYS12V1, with a correlation coefficient of 0.65 and an RMSE of 6.0 cm/s), and Ocean Reanalysis System 5 (ORAS5, with a correlation coefficient of 0.27 and an RMSE of 7.3 cm/s). A multi-year trend analysis of the reconstructed flow field reveals a statistically significant increasing trend in the 1000 m depth flow field in the Southern Ocean since the 1990s, providing new evidence in support of this finding.
To address the dearth of observational data in the reconstruction of the full bathymetry horizontal flow field through statistical methods, this paper proposes a method for the reconstruction of the full bathymetry horizontal flow field, which combines the dynamical mode decomposition technique, surface satellite data, and Argo data. The dynamical mode decomposition is employed to calculate the vertical dynamical mode coefficients of the ocean flow field, which serves as a surrogate for the ocean flow field, thereby reducing the vertical dimension of the ocean flow field and overcoming the limitation of insufficient observation data. The sensitivity analysis and significance test of the ocean surface observations indicate that the ocean surface current exerts a dominant influence on the reconstruction of the flow field. Additionally, the ocean surface height, ocean surface temperature, and ocean surface wind also contribute positively to the reconstruction of the current. Validation with Argo demonstrates that the combination of ocean surface observations selected in this study is capable of capturing over 90% of the barotropic mode variations and over 80% of the first baroclinic mode variations. Furthermore, the reconstructed flow field exhibits spatial properties that are highly consistent with those observed in Argo. An evaluation of the measured flow field using acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) revealed that the reconstructed flow field exhibited zonal velocity correlation coefficients of 0.78 and meridional velocity correlation coefficients of 0.74. Furthermore, the reconstructed flow field demonstrated superior performance to the GLORYS12V1 at all depths. A comparison of the accuracies of the full-depth reconstruction model based on the dynamical modal decomposition with those of the LightGBM model reveals that they are essentially equivalent. This further substantiates the efficacy of the reconstruction strategy that employs the vertical dynamical mode coefficients as a surrogate. This approach not only preserves the high-performance characteristics of the horizontal flow field reconstruction but also effectively addresses the challenge of insufficient observational data.
A reconstruction of the full bathymetry horizontal flow field is finally carried out for the Drake Passage region, and the total volume transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) in the Drake Passage is estimated accordingly. The results demonstrate that the reconstructed mean flow field exhibits strikingly consistent spatial characteristics with the GLORY12SV1. Furthermore, the reconstructed flow field displays a remarkable degree of agreement with the Repeat Shipboard ADCP Project cross-section (SADCP). Additionally, the reconstructed bottom velocity correlation coefficient reaches 0.7 when compared with the bottom velocity of the Drake Passage Array Project. The analysis of the vertical distribution of volume transport indicates that approximately 40% of the volume transport occurs at depths below 1000 m. Consequently, an accurate determination of the flow field state in the deep ocean is essential for estimating the volume transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) in Drake Passage. By integrating data from multiple years of observation, this study estimates the total volume transport of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) in the Drake Passage to be 164 ± 2 Sv, which provides a crucial foundation for a more profound comprehension of the dynamics of the ACC.
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