Association of the Sulu Sea surface circulation with the South China Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 335-340

  Cai, Shuqun ^a   He, Yinghui ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Analytical techniques; Circulation; Correlation analysis; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; CIRCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; INTERANNUAL; OCEANIC RESPONSE; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY DATA; SEA SURFACES; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION METHOD; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SURFACE CIRCULATION; WATER EXCHANGE; WIND FORCING;

REMOTE SENSING;

SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANTICYCLONE; CORRELATION; CYCLONE; MEANDER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER EXCHANGE;

AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO; BALABAC STRAIT; MIMAROPA; MINDORO STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SIBUTU PASSAGE; SULU ARCHIPELAGO; SULU SEA; TAWI-TAWI;

EID: 77950916430     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Bretherton C.S., Smith C., and Wallace J.M. An intercomparison of methods for finding coupled patterns in climate data. J. Clim. 5 6 (1992) 541-560
2. Cai S., Long X., and Wang S. A model study of the summer Southeast Vietnam Offshore Current in the southern South China Sea. Cont. Shelf Res. 27 18 (2007) 2357-2372
3. Cai S., He Y., Wang S., and Long X. Seasonal upper circulation in the Sulu Sea from satellite altimetry data and a numerical model. J. Geophys. Res. 114 (2009) C03026
4. Fang W., Guo J., Shi P., and Mao Q. Low frequency variability of South China Sea surface circulation from 11 years of satellite altimeter data. Geophys. Res. Lett. 33 22 (2006) L22612
5. Liu Y., and Weisberg R.H. Ocean currents and sea surface heights estimated across the West Florida Shelf. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 37 6 (2007) 1697-1713
6. Liu W.T., and Xie X.S. Spacebased observations of the seasonal changes of South Asian monsoons and oceanic responses. Geophys. Res. Lett. 26 10 (1999) 1473-1476
7. Liu Y., Weisberg R.H., and Yuan Y. Patterns of upper layer circulation variability in the South China Sea from satellite altimetry using the self-organizing map. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 27 supp. (2008) 129-144
8. Metzger E.J., and Hurlburt H.E. Coupled dynamics of the South China Sea, the Sulu Sea, and the Pacific Ocean. J. Geophys. Res. 101 C5 (1996) 12331-12352
9. Prohaska J. A technique for analyzing the linear relationships between two meteorological fields. Mon. Weather Rev. 104 11 (1976) 1345-1353
10. Qu T., Kim Y.Y., Yaremchuk M., Tozuka T., Ishida A., and Yamagata T. Can Luzon Strait play a role in conveying the impact of ENSO to the South China Sea. J. Clim. 17 18 (2004) 3644-3657
11. Su J. Overview of the South China Sea circulation and its influence on the coastal physical oceanography near the Pearl River estuary. Cont. Shelf Res. 24 (2004) 1745-1760
12. Wang G., Chen D., and Su J. Generation and life cycle of the dipole in the South China Sea summer circulation. J. Geophys. Res. 111 (2006) C06002 10.1029/2005JC003314
13. Wang G., Chen D., and Su J. Winter Eddy Genesis in the Eastern South China Sea due to Orographic Wind Jets. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 38 3 (2008) 726-732
14. Wallace J.M., Smith C., and Bretherton C.S. Singular value decomposition of sea-surface temperature and 500-mb height anomalies. J. Clim. 5 6 (1992) 561-576
15. Wyrtki K. Physical oceanography of the South-East Asian water, scientific result of marine investigation of the South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand 1959-1961, Naga Report (1961) 2-195
16. Xie S., Xie Q., Wang D., and Liu W.T. Summer upwelling in the South China Sea and its role in regional climate variations. J. Geophys. Res. 108 (2003) 3261 10.1029/2003JC001876
17. Yaremchuk M., McCreary J., Yu Z., et al. The South China Sea throughflow retrieved from climatological data. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 39 3 (2009) 753-767
18. Zheng Z.W., Ho C.R., and Kuo N.J. Mechanism of weakening of west Luzon eddy during La Nina years. Geophys. Res. Lett. 34 11 (2007) L11604