田辺中島高潮観測塔における2015年夏季観測結果

Abstract

This paper shows some results of a field observation carried out in the summer of 2015. The vertical profiles of currents and water temperature have been measured as well as wave and wind conditions, and salinity observations have been carried out at the observation tower of Shirahama Oceanographic Observatory. In the summer in 2015, no typhoon approached around the observation site, and the high wave and strong wind conditions have not been captured during the observation. Several short-term rainfalls due to front and low pressure occurred, and it is reported that local areas in Shirahama town and neighboring towns suffered some damages with windblasts from late August to early September. It is found in the observation results of water temperature that the temporal variations of water temperature have a period of 3 to 6 days in the deeper layers like 20m deep and 30m deep. The cyclical fluctuation of water temperature at 30m deep has opposite phase to the fluctuation of salinity. This result means that low temperature and high salinity water approaches to the observation site periodically and that some influences of the water mass of the open sea exist.