A diagnostic calculation of the circulation in the upper and middle layers of the Luzon Strait and the northern South China Sea during March 1992

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 47, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 86-113

  Yuan, Yaochu ^a   Liao, Guanghong ^a   Yang, Chenghao ^a  

^a Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Cyclonic and anti cyclonic eddies; Depth averaged flow across contours of fH 1; Diagnostic modeling with modified inverse method; Two intrusive branches of Kuroshio; Volume transport through boundaries and Section in Luzon Strait

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; STRESS RELIEF; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WIND STRESS;

CYCLONIC AND ANTI-CYCLONIC EDDIES; DEPTH-AVERAGED FLOW ACROSS CONTOURS OF FH-1; DIAGNOSTIC MODELING WITH MODIFIED INVERSE METHOD; TWO INTRUSIVE BRANCHES OF KUROSHIO; VOLUME TRANSPORT THROUGH BOUNDARIES AND SECTION IN LUZON STRAIT;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTICYCLONE; BAROCLINIC WAVE; GYRE; HYDROGRAPHY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EURASIA; LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 60849135393     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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