Cold deep water in the South China Sea

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-190

  Chang, Ya Ting ^a   Hsu, Wei Lun ^a   Tai, Jen Hua ^a   Tang, Tswen Yung ^a   Chang, Ming Huei ^b   Chao, Shenn Yu ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep water renewal; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CIRCUMPOLAR CURRENT; COLD WATER; DEEP WATER; EDDY; EKMAN PUMPING; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; INFLOW; INTERMEDIATE WATER; INTERNAL WAVE; OCEANIC CURRENT; RESIDENCE TIME; THERMOCLINE; UPWELLING; WATER EXCHANGE;

LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 77951740258     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-010-0016-x     Document Type: Article

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