Three dimensional diagnostic study of the circulation in the South China Sea during winter 1998

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 803-814

  Liao, Guanghong ^a   Yuan, Yaochu ^a   Xu, Xiaohua ^a  

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

Author keywords

Circulation in the SCS; Dynamic factors JEBAR and IBWSR; Multi eddies structure; SSHA from altimeter data; Three dimensional diagnostic modeling; Upwelling; Winter of 1998

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; BAROCLINIC MODE; CIRCULATION MODELING; JET; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WINTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PALAWAN; PHILIPPINES; PRATAS ISLANDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SOUTHERN TAGALOG; VIET NAM;

EID: 52749088320     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-008-0067-4     Document Type: Article

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