On the mechanism of the cyclonic circulation in the Gulf of Tonkin in the summer

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Wu, Dexing ^a   Wang, Yue ^a   Lin, Xiaopei ^a   Yang, Jiayan ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BATHYMETRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; VORTICITY; WIND STRESS;

ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; CYCLONE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SUMMER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WIND STRESS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GULF OF TONKIN; HAINAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; QIONGZHOU STRAIT; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 57049104074     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004208     Document Type: Article

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