Diagnostic analysis on the northern South China Sea winter counter-wind current

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages 9-16

  Hong, Bo ^a,b   Wang, Dongxiao ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Counter wind current; Geostrophic adjustment; Momentum diagnoses; Northern South China Sea; Ocean circulation model

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648820604     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-006-9009-y     Document Type: Article

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