The South China Sea thermohaline structure and circulation

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 227-261

  Chu, Peter C ^a   Binbing, Ma ^a   Chen, Yuchun ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Circulation; The South China Sea; Thermohaline structure

Indexed keywords

INTERPOLATION; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 34147201108     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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