South China Sea throughflow as evidence by satellite images and numerical experiments

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Yu, Zuo ^a   Shen, S ^b   McCreary, J P ^a   Yaremchuk, M ^a   Furue, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

HIGH-RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGES; IN SITU MEASUREMENTS; SEA THROUGHFLOW;

SEAWATER;

ESTIMATION METHOD; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; THROUGHFLOW;

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

EID: 34548038762     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028103     Document Type: Article

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