最近の測流結果からみたびわ湖の流況  [in Japanese] Recent Current Measurements in Lake Biwa  [in Japanese]

Abstract

びわ湖において, 最近実施した湖流観測の結果について述べた。観測手法は, (1)自記流向流速計による連続測流と, (2)レーダを利用した漂流ブイの追跡である。びわ湖の有名な「環流」は, 成層期の北湖に安定して存在するが, その位置や形状は従来考えられていたのとは大きく異なっていることがわかった。また, 環流には大規模の鉛直循環流が付随していて, これが堆積過程に大きな影響を及ぼすことが考えられる。内部波は, 成層期における卓越した流系であり, 表層においてはもちろん, 通常微弱な流れしか存在しない底層の流況を支配している。また, 沿岸水域では, 沖から岸に向う風によって「底層離岸流」が形成され, 沿岸底層の水が沖合に運搬される。北湖と南湖との水(濁度)の境界は, びわ湖大橋南約3kmに存在することが多い。冬季の寒波が到来して2〜3日後に, 南湖の低温水が北湖の底層に流入する「密度流」が発生し, 約5日間安定した流況を形成する。

The results of recent current measurements in Lake Biwa are described. Two methods have been applied to measure the water movements. One is the continuous current measurements by using current meters, and the other is the tracking of drifters by using a radar. The gyres in the northern basin of Lake Biwa are quite stable in the season of thermal stratification. The locations of the gyres are quite different from those of the old study. A vertical circulation consisting of horizonal convergence in the surface layer is found in the cyclonic gyre. This vertical circulation should playan important role in the sedimentation process. Internal waves have a great influence on the current field of the offshore zone as well as the coastal zone. Water movements in the deep layer and the bottom layer are strongly controlled by the internal waves. Under the influence of a strong wind blowing perpendicular to the shore line, coastal bottom water is often transported offshore. The front of turbidity exists in the area about 3 km south of Biwako Ohashi Bridge both in the summer and winter. After two or three days from the cold wave, the colder water in the eastern part of the southern basin flows continuously into the bottom layer of the northern basin for several days.

Journal

The memoirs of the Geological Society of Japan   [List of Volumes]

The memoirs of the Geological Society of Japan (36), 209-218, 1990-11-30  [Table of Contents]

The Geological Society of Japan

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  • NII Article ID (NAID) :
    110003025890
  • NII NACSIS-CAT ID (NCID) :
    AN00141779
  • Text Lang :
    JPN
  • Article Type :
    Journal Article
  • ISSN :
    03858545
  • NDL Article ID :
    3715001
  • NDL Source Classification :
    ZM49(科学技術--地球科学--地質)
  • NDL Call No. :
    Z15-322
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    CJPref  NDL  NII-ELS