Physical and geographical origins of the South China Sea Warm Current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Chiang, Tzu Ling ^a   Wu, Chau Ron ^a   Chao, Shenn Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND EFFECTS;

FORMATION MECHANISM; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 56049086659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004794     Document Type: Article

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