Anticyclonic eddies in the northeastern South China Sea during winter 2003/2004

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 925-935

  Wang, Dongxiao ^a   Xu, Hongzhou ^a   Lin, Jing ^b   Hu, Jianyu ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Kuroshio intrusion; Northeastern South China Sea; Satellite tracked buoy; Sea level anomaly; Two anticyclonic eddies

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EDDY; HYDROGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; ROSSBY WAVE; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 56049110267     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-008-0076-3     Document Type: Article

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