Sources of water in the Taiwan Strait

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 211-221

  Jan, Sen ^a,d   Tseng, Yu Heng ^b   Dietrich, David E ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c AcuSea Inc   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conveyor; Kuroshio; Luzon Strait; South China Sea; Taiwan Strait; Water mass

Indexed keywords

FLOW FIELD; OCEANIC CURRENT; SALINITY; WATER MASS;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN STRAIT;

EID: 77951700924     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-010-0019-7     Document Type: Article

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