Ocean University of China

About: Ocean University of China is a education organization based out in Qingdao, China. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Sea surface temperature. The organization has 27604 authors who have published 27886 publications receiving 440181 citations. The organization is also known as: Zhōngguó Hǎiyáng Dàxué & OUC.

Bioproducts from Aureobasidium pullulans, a biotechnologically important yeast.

Abstract: It has been well documented that Aureobasidium pullulans is widely distributed in different environments. Different strains of A. pullulans can produce amylase, proteinase, lipase, cellulase, xylanase, mannanase, transferases, pullulan, siderophore, and single-cell protein, and the genes encoding proteinase, lipase, cellulase, xylanase, and siderophore have been cloned and characterized. Therefore, like Aspergillus spp., it is a biotechnologically important yeast that can be used in different fields. So it is very important to sequence the whole genomic DNA of the yeast cells in order to find new more bioproducts and novel genes from this yeast.

Interannual variability of the South China Sea associated with El Niño

Abstract: (1) Interannual sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies in the South China Sea (SCS) are largely influenced by El Nino through El Nino-driven atmospheric and oceanic changes. This paper discovers a new observed feature of the SCS SST anomalies: a double-peak evolution following an El Nino event. The first and second peaks occur around February and August, respectively, in the subsequent year of the El Nino year (denoted by February (+1) and August (+1)). During and after the mature phase of El Nino, a change of atmospheric circulation alters the local SCS near-surface air temperature, humidity, cloudiness, and monsoon wind. These factors influence surface heat fluxes and oceanic flows over the SCS that can either warm or cool the SCS depending upon stages of SSTanomaly evolution. The shortwave radiation and latent heat flux anomalies are major contributions to the first peak of the SCS SST anomalies, although the geostrophic heat advections warm the western boundary region of the SCS. After the first peak of February (+1), both the Ekman and geostrophic heat advections, assisted with a reduction of the net heat flux anomalies, cool the SCS SST anomalies. In August (+1), the mean meridional geostrophic heat advection makes the SCS SST anomalies peak again. Then, the latent heat flux anomalies (mainly attributed to anomalous air-sea difference in specific humidity) and the mean zonal geostrophic heat advection take over for the cooling of the SCS after the second peak.