Effect of Typhoon Soulik on Kuroshio and Green Island Wakes

摘要

Green Island locates in the typhoon active southeastern Taiwancoastal water. A high resolution (250–2250 m) shallow-water flowmodel is used to investigate the effect of typhoon Soulik on thehydrodynamics of Kuroshio and Green Island wakes. Simulationresults indicate salient characteristics of Kuroshio and meanderingdownstream island wakes seems less affected by typhoon Soulik.Moreover, Kuroshio currents increase when flow is in the samedirection as the counterclockwise rotation of typhoon, and vice versa.This finding is in favorable agreements with the TOROS (TaiwanOcean Radar Observing System) observed data.