Tidal variability and coastal upwelling are some of the most important processes in global shelf seas. With observations and high-resolution numerical simulation, we investigate the synoptic-to-intraseasonal variations in tidal temperature variability to the east of the Leizhou Peninsula and Qiongzhou Strait in the northern South China Sea and clarify the underlying dynamics. The results indicate that tidal temperature variabi...

Due to the complex coastline and topography, changes of temperature and circulation in global shelf seas caused by typhoons have significantly region-specific three-dimensional structures. As one temperate semi-enclosed shelf sea, the Yellow Sea is highly susceptible to typhoons in summer. In August 2012 Typhoon Damrey moving northwestward over the Yellow Sea was observed to cause significant bottom temperature warming in the...