Circulations and eddies over the South China Sea derived from TOPEX/Poseidon altimetry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 105, Issue C10, 2000, Pages 23943-23965

  Hwang, Cheimvay ^a   Chen, Sung An ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDY; MARGINAL SEA; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SATELLITE DATA; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 17044400564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc900092     Document Type: Article

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