Anti-cyclonic eddies northwest of Luzon in summer-fall observed by satellite altimeters

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Yuan, Dongliang ^a   Han, Weiqing ^b   Hu, Dunxin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WEATHER SATELLITES; WIND;

ANTI-CYCLONIC EDDIES; CYCLONIC WIND; MONSOON; SATELLITE ALTIMETERS; SUMMER-FALL;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTICYCLONE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EDDY; OCEAN COLOR; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SHELF BREAK; SUMMER; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

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

EID: 34548654978     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029401     Document Type: Article

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