A note on the South China Sea shallow interocean circulation

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 946-954

  Fang, Guohong ^a   Susanto, Dwi ^b   Soesilo, Indroyono ^c   Zheng, Quan'an ^d   Qiao, Fangli ^a   Wei, Zexun ^a  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries   (Indonesia)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch of the Pacific to Indian Ocean throughflow; Interocean circulation; Karimata Strait; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844439029     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02918693     Document Type: Article

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