Seasonal and interannual variations in the velocity field of the South China Sea

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 361-372

  Wu, Chau Ron ^a   Shaw, Ping Tung ^a   Chao, Shenn Yu ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation modeling; Gyre; Sea level; Semienclosed sea; Temporal variation; Velocity

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; GYRE; SEA LEVEL; SEMIENCLOSED SEA; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VELOCITY;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0032448520     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02742620     Document Type: Article

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