A model study of the summer Southeast Vietnam Offshore Current in the southern South China Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 27, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2357-2372

  Cai, Shuqun ^a   Long, Xiaomin ^a   Wang, Shengan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Numerical modeling; Offshore current; South China Sea; Summer monsoon; Western boundary current

Indexed keywords

MONSOON; SUMMER; VORTICITY; WATER EXCHANGE; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDOCHINA; INDONESIAN SEAS; JAVA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA SHELF;

EID: 35148819713     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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