Trends of sea level variations in the South China Sea from merged altimetry data

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 57, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 371-382

  Cheng, Xuhua ^a,b   Qi, Yiquan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

merged altimetry data; sea level variations; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DEEP WATER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEAT BUDGET; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; WATER EXCHANGE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 34248531283     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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