Upwelling off the west coast of Hainan Island in summer: Its detection and mechanisms

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Lü, Xingang ^a,b,c,d   Qiao, Fangli ^b,d   Wang, Guansuo ^b,d   Xia, Changshui ^b,d   Yuan, Yeli ^b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SEAWATER; TIDES;

BAROCLINIC PRESSURE GRADIENT; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIDAL MIXING FRONT (TMF); UPWELLING;

COASTAL ZONES;

DETECTION METHOD; MIXING; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC FRONT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; UPWELLING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN;

EID: 40849114797     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032440     Document Type: Article

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