Kuroshio intrusion and the circulation in the South China Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Xue, Huijie ^a   Chai, Fei ^a   Pettigrew, Neal ^a   Xu, Danya ^a   Shi, Maochong ^b   Xu, Jianping ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c SECOND INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Circulation; Kuroshio; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

EKMAN TRANSPORT; INFLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; UPWELLING; WARM WATER;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 2342660140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001724     Document Type: Article

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