Formation and decay of the spring warm pool in the South China Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Wang, Weiqiang ^a   Wang, Chunzai ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT FLUX; RAIN; WIND STRESS;

HEAT BUDGET; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SPRING WARM POOL; SURFACE HEAT FLUX; WIND SPEED;

SEAWATER;

DEGRADATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; WARM POOL;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33644760759     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL025097     Document Type: Article

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