Interannual sea level variability in the South China Sea and its response to ENSO

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 257-272

  Rong, Zengrui ^a   Liu, Yuguang ^a   Zong, Haibo ^a   Cheng, Yongcun ^a,b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

ENSO; interannual variability; mass exchange; sea level anomalies; South China Sea; thermosteric sea level

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANOMALY; EKMAN PUMPING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MASS TRANSFER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWATER; TIDE GAUGE; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33846206485     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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