Covariation of the Indonesian throughflow and South China Sea throughflow associated with the 1976/77 regime shift

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-94

  Liu, Qinyan ^a   Wang, Dongxiao ^a   Zhou, Wen ^b   Xie, Qiang ^a   Zhang, Yan ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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

Author keywords

Indonesian throughflow; Luzon Strait Transport; Regime shift; Wind anomaly

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949695444     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-009-8061-3     Document Type: Article

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