Three dimensional diagnostic modeling study of the South China Sea circulation before onset of summer monsoon in 1998

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-100

  Yuan, Yaochu ^a   Liao, Guanghong ^a   Xu, Xiaohua ^a  

^a Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Basin scalegyre; Before the onset of summer monsoon in 1998; Cyclonicand anti cyclonic eddies; Dynamical causes JEBAR and IBWSR; SCS circulation; Three dimensional diagnostic modeling

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; EDDY; GYRE; HYDROGRAPHY; MONSOON; OCEAN BASIN; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SUMMER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33846032647     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-007-0007-8     Document Type: Article

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