Abstract
Verification of the internal tide off Zhiben coast, Taitung, southeast Taiwan
Highlights
The topography off the coast of eastern Taiwan is quite unique in terms of steepness comparing to other parts of the island
The shelf facing the Pacific Ocean side is narrow and the seafloor can drop sharply to more than 1000 m deep only a few km away from the shore line. Due to this reason the eastern Taiwan becomes a potential area for developing deep ocean water industry
Nowadays scientists have found that internal tides can affect significantly the intermediate layers
Summary
The topography off the coast of eastern Taiwan is quite unique in terms of steepness comparing to other parts of the island. The shelf facing the Pacific Ocean side is narrow and the seafloor can drop sharply to more than 1000 m deep only a few km away from the shore line. Due to this reason the eastern Taiwan becomes a potential area for developing deep ocean water industry. Hualien is the first place to choose where five pipelines have already been implemented for obtaining cold/clean deep ocean water (depths between 400 and 718 m) for manufacturing drink water and mariculture (Takahashi et al 2012; Pai et al 2015) Taitung coast is another potential area but several prior attempts of deploying pipelines have not been successful due to blockage or breaking by unidentified forces.
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