Monthly variations of water masses in the East China Seas

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1954-1970

  Li, Guangxue ^a   Han, Xinbin ^a   Yue, Shuhong ^a   Wen, Guoyi ^a   Rongmin, Yang ^a   Kusky, T M ^a,b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b Saint Louis University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal Current; Monthly variation; The East China Seas; Warm Current; Water mass spiciness

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WARM WATER; WATER MASS;

ASIA; BOHAI SEA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; TAIWAN; TSUSHIMA CURRENT; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 33748414870     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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