Subsurface salinity balance in the South China Sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 527-539

  Yu, Zuojun ^a   McCreary Jr , Julian P ^a   Yaremchuk, Max ^a   Furue, Ryo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; SALT WATER INTRUSION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND;

MESOSCALE EDDIES; MONSOONAL WINDS; STRAITS; SUBSURFACE SALINITY DISTRIBUTION;

SEAWATER;

ESTUARINE FRONT; MASS BALANCE; MONSOON; SALINE INTRUSION; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

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

EID: 40949121592     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JPO3661.1     Document Type: Article

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