Interbasin freshwater, heat and salt transport through the boundaries of the East and South China Sea from a variable-grid global ocean circulation model

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-161

  Fang, Guohong ^a,b   Wei, Zexun ^a   Choi, Byung Ho ^c   Wang, Kai ^a   Fang, Yue ^d   Li, Wei ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Heat balance; Heat transport; Indonesian Throughflow; Salt transport; South China Sea; Volume transport

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CATCHMENTS; HEAT FLUX; RIVERS;

SALT TRANSPORT;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

FRESHWATER INPUT; HEAT TRANSFER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SALINITY;

EAST CHINA SEA; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0042389508     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03yd9014     Document Type: Article

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