Intensified upwelling over a widened shelf in the northeastern South China Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Gan, Jianping ^a   Cheung, Anson ^a   Guo, Xiaogang ^b   Li, Li ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BAROTROPIC; DEEP WATER; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; PRESSURE GRADIENT FORCE; SOUTH CHINA SEA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UP-WELLING; WATER COLUMNS;

RIVERS;

BAROTROPIC MODE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATER; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 72849140231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004660     Document Type: Article

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