A numerical study on the formation of upwelling off northeast Taiwan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Wu, Chau Ron ^a   Lu, Hung Fu ^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

BATHYMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WIND EFFECTS;

BATHYMETRY; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDDY; SHELF BREAK; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUMMER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 56049111114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004697     Document Type: Article

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