Basin-scale wind-forced dynamics of the seasonal southern South China Sea gyre

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Bayler, Eric J ^a,b   Liu, Zhengyu ^c  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

ANTICYCLONE; GYRE; JET FLOW; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND FORCING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 51749101934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004519     Document Type: Article

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