Mean seasonal cycle of isothermal depth in the South China Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Qu, Tangdong ^a   Du, Yan ^a   Gan, Jianping ^b   Wang, Dongxiao ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEAWATER;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EKMAN PUMPING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; ISOTHERM; MIXED LAYER; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 34547899121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003583     Document Type: Article

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