Mesoscale Dongsha cyclonic eddy in the northern South China sea by drifter and satellite observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Chow, Chun Hoe ^a   Hu, Jian Hwa ^a   Centurioni, Luca R ^b   Niiler, Pearn P ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); ANGULAR VELOCITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CYCLOGENESIS; EDDY; ROSSBY WAVE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEAWIFS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN; TAIWAN;

SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 46849120776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004542     Document Type: Article

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