Sensitivity study of the seasonal mean circulation in the northern South China Sea

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 824-840

  Hong, Bo ^a   Wang, Dongxiao ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bottom topography; Circulation; Kuroshio intrusion; Northern South China Sea; Wind forcing

Indexed keywords

EID: 60049087566     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-008-0824-8     Document Type: Article

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