The Study of the Yellow Sea Warm Current and Its Seasonal Variability

Journal of Hydrodynamics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-165

  XU, Ling ling ^a   WU, De xing ^a   LIN, Xiao pei ^a   MA, Chao ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Kuroshio; local wind; monsoon; Yellow Sea Warm Current (YSWC)

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEANS; BOHAI SEAS; COASTAL CURRENTS; COMPENSATING CURRENTS; KUROSHIO; KUROSHIO CURRENTS; LOCAL WIND; MONSOON; OCEAN MODELS; SEASONAL VARIABILITIES; TAIWAN STRAITS; YELLOW SEA WARM CURRENT (YSWC);

OCEAN ENGINEERING; SALINE WATER; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WIND STRESS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

EID: 65449172476     PISSN: 10016058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-6058(08)60133-X     Document Type: Article

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