Upwelling and surface cold patches in the Yellow Sea in summer: Effects of tidal mixing on the vertical circulation

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 620-632

  Lü, Xingang ^a,b   Qiao, Fangli ^a,b   Xia, Changshui ^a,b   Wang, Guansuo ^a,b   Yuan, Yeli ^a,b  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b Yunnan Institute of Geological Environment Monitoring   (China)

Author keywords

Mechanism; Numerical modeling; Secondary circulation; Surface cold patch; The Yellow Sea; Tidal mixing; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TIDE; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHALLOW WATER; SLOPE DYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TIDE GAUGE; UPWELLING; WATER COLUMN; WIND FORCING;

CHINA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANDONG; SHANDONG PENINSULA; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 77950296448     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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