A salinity front in the southern East China Sea separating the Chinese coastal and Taiwan Strait waters from Kuroshio waters

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1636-1653

  Arthur Chen, Chen Tung ^a   Wang, Shu Lun ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Downwelling; East China Sea; Kuroshio; Salinity front; Taiwan Strait; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL WATER; CURRENT DIRECTION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINITY; SURFACE WATER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER COLUMN;

ASIA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; TAIWAN STRAIT;

EID: 33747089894     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.05.003     Document Type: Article

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