Transport of the South China Sea subsurface water outflow and its influence on carbon chemistry of Kuroshio waters off southeastern Taiwan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Chou, Wen Chen ^a,b   Sheu, David D ^c   Chen, C T Arthur ^c   Wen, Liang Saw ^d   Yang, Yih ^b   Wei, Ching Ling ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CARBON INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLOW OF WATER; OCEANOGRAPHY; PH EFFECTS;

ALKALINITY; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; OUTFLOW; PH; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

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

EID: 38949173884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004087     Document Type: Article

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