Water transports through the four main straits around the South China Sea

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-236

  Wang, Qingye ^a   Cui, Hong ^b   Zhang, Shuwen ^a   Hu, Dunxin ^b  

^a GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

circulation; numerical model; South China Sea; volume transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956830920     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-009-9142-y     Document Type: Article

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