Coupling and propagating of mesoscale sea level variability between the western Pacific and the South China Sea

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1699-1707

  Li, Li ^b   Jing, ChunSheng ^a,b   Zhu, DaYong ^a,b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province   (China)

Author keywords

Kuroshio; Luzon Strait; Mesoscale waves; Sea level variability; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547257762     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0203-3     Document Type: Article

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