Mesoscale variability in the South China Sea from the TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry data

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 681-708

  Wang, Liping ^a   Koblinsky, Chester J ^b   Howden, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Large scale circulation; Mesoscale variability; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WAVELET;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0343415598     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00068-0     Document Type: Article

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