Numerical study of the Upper-Layer circulation in the South China Sea

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-24

  Chern, Ching Sheng ^a   Wang, Joe ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cyclonic circulation; Eddy resolving model; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

MARGINAL SEA; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; UPPER OCEAN; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0037768418     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022899920215     Document Type: Article

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