A numerical study of the summertime flow around the Luzon Strait

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-64

  Chern, Ching Sheng ^a   Wang, Joe ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Balintang Channel; Frontal geostrophic equation; Kuroshio; Loop current; Luzon Strait; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; CURRENTS; LOOP CURRENT; STRATIFICATION; STRATIFIED FLOW;

LUZON STRAIT;

EID: 0031870568     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02744381     Document Type: Article

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