Diagnostic calculation of the circulation in the South China Sea during summer 1998

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-178

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

^a Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Circulation in the SCS; Diagnostic calculation; Dynamic factors JEBAR and IBWSR; Multi eddies structure; SSHA from altimeter data; Summer 1998

Indexed keywords

EDDY; HYDROGRAPHY; JET FLOW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33847795785     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-007-0019-4     Document Type: Article

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