Interaction of a river plume with coastal upwelling in the northeastern South China Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 728-740

  Gan, Jianping ^a   Li, Li ^b   Wang, Dongxiao ^c   Guo, Xiaogang ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Buoyancy forcing; Coastal upwelling; River plume

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; BUOYANCY FORCING; DENSE WATER; EKMAN TRANSPORT; FRESHWATER INPUT; RIVER PLUME; SPATIAL VARIATION; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN; WIND FORCING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANG ESTUARY;

EID: 61349159228     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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