Near-surface circulation in the South China Sea during the winter monsoon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Centurioni, L R ^a   Niiler, P N ^a   Lee, D K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EKMAN FLOW; EKMAN TRANSPORT; GEOSTROPHIC BALANCE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; MALAYSIA; NEAR-SURFACE CIRCULATION; NORTHERN BASINS; PUMPING VELOCITY; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SURFACE VELOCITY; VIET NAM; WIND STRESS CURL; WINTER MONSOON;

JETS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; WIND STRESS;

VELOCITY;

DRIFTER; EKMAN TRANSPORT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; JET FLOW; JET STREAM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 66949139394     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL037076     Document Type: Article

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