Advances in studying oceanic circulation from hydrographic data with applications in the South China Sea

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 914-920

  Wang, Guihua ^a,b   Li, Rongfeng ^b   Yan, Changxiang ^b  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrographic data; Inverse method; Ocean circulation; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0346907344     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02915514     Document Type: Article

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