Effects of typhoon "KAI-TAK" on deep ocean ambient noise in the South China Sea

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2017-02-12
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Byinvestigatingtheeffectsondeepoceanambientnoiseoftyphoon'KAI-TAK'whichpassedthenorthareaoftheSouthChinaSea,itisshownthatthewindspeed,therainfallintensityandthelongwaveswellcausedbytyphoonaffecttheoceanambientnoisesignificantly.Thecorrelationbetweentheoceanambientnoiseandthewindspeedduringthetyphoonismuchbetterthanthatinthenon-typhoonperiodinthesameBeaufortscale.Analysisofthecorrelationbetweenthe415hoceanambientnoisemeasureddataandwindspeedshowsthat,whenthefrequencyisgreaterthan300Hz,thecorrelationcoefficientbetweentheoceanambientnoiseandthewindspeedisgreaterthan0.5,achievingamoderatecorrelation;whenthefrequencyisgreaterthan630Hz,thecorrelationcoefficientisbetween0.8and0.9,achievingahighdegreeofcorrelation.Thecorrelationbetweentheoceanambientnoiseandthewindspeedisbetterthanthatbetweentheoceanambientnoiseandthesignificantwaveheightwhenthefrequencyisgreaterthan300Hz.Thecorrelationbetweentheoceanambientnoiseandthewindspeedininfrasonicbandfrom10Hzto20HzispoorintheSouthChinaSea,becausetheshippingisbusyinthisseaareaandtheoceanambientnoiseiscontaminatedbytheshipnoiseevenduringthetyphoon.