A climatological description of circulation in and around the East China Sea

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 1065-1084

  Lee, Hung Jen ^a   Chao, Shenn Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONES; MARINE BIOLOGY;

TOPOGRAPHY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPWELLING;

EAST CHINA SEA;

RYUKYU;

EID: 0037269546     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0645(03)00010-9     Document Type: Article

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