Summer upwelling in the South China Sea and its role in regional climate variations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Xie, Shang Ping ^a   Xie, Qiang ^b   Wang, Dongxiao ^b   Liu, W Timothy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Climate variability; Ocean stationary eddy; Orographically induced wind jet; South China Sea; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE VARIATION; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0344121224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc001867     Document Type: Article

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