Tidal front around the Hainan Island, northwest of the South China Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Hu, Jianyu Y ^a   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^a   Tang, Danling L ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beibu Gulf (Gulf of Tonkin); Numerical modeling; Satellite observations; Tidal front

Indexed keywords

ISLAND; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC FRONT; SEAWIFS; TIDAL CURRENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 1542286806     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc001883     Document Type: Article

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