Seasonal variations of upper ocean circulation over the South China Sea from satellite altimetry data of many years

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 543-550

  Bao, Li Feng ^a,b   Lu, Yang ^a,c   Wang, Yong ^a   Hsu, Hou Ze ^a,c  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Geostrophic currents; Satellite altimetry; Sea surface topography; Upper level circulation

Indexed keywords

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; WORLD;

EID: 24944476443     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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