This study use the hydrography and current data measured along a zonal transect across the Penghu Channel (PHC) during 1985-2003 to calculate through-flow, temperature and salt transports (Q, TT and ST), and analyze hydrographic transects and water masses variations through the PHC. The influence of the El Ni&#x00F1;o on the variations of temperature and salinity in the PHC is also investigated. The calculated Q is about 0 Sv (1 Sv = 106 m3/s) in winter, and the TT, ST, heat flux are amount to -0.005¡Ñ1015 W, -2¡Ñ106 kg/s, -1.6¡Ñ106 W/m2; during winter-spring period, the Q increases from 0.5 to 1 Sv as the northeast monsoon weakens, and the TT, ST, heat flux are amount to 0.052~0.113¡Ñ1015 W, 20~40¡Ñ106 kg/s, 16~35¡Ñ106 W/m2, respectively. The Q peaks to 1.5 Sv at the end of southwest monsoon in summer, and the TT, ST, heat flux are 0.162¡Ñ1015 W, 52¡Ñ106 kg/s, 53¡Ñ106 W/m2, respectively. The Q decreases rapidly from 1.5 to 0 Sv when the northeast monsoon intensifies in autumn, and the TT, ST, heat flux are 0.162~-0.005¡Ñ1015 W, 52~ -2¡Ñ106 kg/s and 53~ -1.6¡Ñ106 W/m2, respectively. The relationship between the through-flow transport and the wind stress is expressed as Q (Sv) = 1.37+5.58¡Ñwind stresses (N/m2). The correlation coefficient is 0.97. The water column is strongly stratified in summer and nearly well-mixed in the upper 100 m in winter. The major water masses are the colder and saline Kuroshio Branch Water and the warmer and less saline South China Sea Surface Water respectively in winter and summer. The correlation coefficients for the El Nino index, the Southern Oscillation Index, to the anomalies of depth averaged (< 50 m) temperature and salinity are 0.527 and -0.429, respectively, suggesting that temperature and salinity might be anomalous decrease and increase during the El Ni&#x00F1;o.

Thesis (S.M.)--Joint Program in Physical Oceanography (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-77).

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Graduation date: 1978

Univ., Diss.--Bremen, 2000. / Literaturverz. S. 175 - 179.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Michigan, 1953. / Vol. 2 contains the scores of two complete masses, with two movements each from three other masses. Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, leaves 320-328).

Thesis (M.S.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 1993. / "NPS-OC-93-007." "September 1993." "Prepared for Dean of Research (Code 08), Naval Postgraduate School." Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-187).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1966. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 153).

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of St Andrews, March 2009.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1957. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, leaves 277-289).