Three inflow pathways of the Indonesian throughflow as seen from the simple ocean data assimilation

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-256

  Du, Yan ^a,b   Qu, Tangdong ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Indonesian Seas; Indonesian throughflow; Interannual variation; Interocean exchange; Ocean circulation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; COASTAL CURRENTS; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; EAST COAST; EL NINO; FLOWTHROUGH; INDONESIAN THROUGHFLOW; INTERANNUAL TIME SCALE; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN CIRCULATION; PHASE DEPENDENCE; REMOTE FORCING; SIMPLE OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATIONS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SUBSURFACE LAYER; THROUGHFLOW; TRANSPORT FUNCTION;

DATA PROCESSING; FUZZY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; COASTAL CIRCULATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; INFLOW; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THROUGHFLOW;

INDONESIA; INDONESIAN SEAS; MAKASSAR STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 77953811502     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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