A variable-grid global ocean circulation model whose horizontal resolution is fine (1/6() in the South China Sea (SCS), East China Seas and Japan/East Sea, and coarse (3() in the rest part of the world ocean, was established based on GFDL’s MOM2 to study the ocean circulation of the China adjacent sea and its seasonal variation.
Base on the model results, the monthly and annual mean freshwater, heat and salt transports through the open boundaries of the South and East China Seas are reported. The m...