An observation of the three-dimensional structure of a cross-shelf penetrating front off the Changjiang mouth

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 1827-1834

  Yuan, Dongliang ^a,b   Li, Yao ^a,b,c   He, Lei ^a,b   Zhou, Hui ^a,b   Li, Ruixiang ^a,b,e   Wang, Fan ^a,b   Lei, Hui ^d   Hu, Dunxin ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d SECOND INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^e South China Sea Marine Engineering Surveying Center   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang mouth; Cross shelf penetrating front; Three dimensional structure

Indexed keywords

CHANGJIANG MOUTH; COASTAL FRONTS; CROSS-SHELF PENETRATING FRONTS; DOUBLE DIFFUSIVE; EAST CHINA SEA; HIGH CONCENTRATION; HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; IN-SITU; LOW-SALINITY WATER; NEARSHORES; NUTRIENT DISTRIBUTIONS; SALINITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SUBSURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE LAYERS; TEMPERATURE INVERSIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TOTAL SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; VERTICAL TEMPERATURE; WIND FORCING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; NAVIGATION; NUTRIENTS; PORPHYRINS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SATELLITES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CHLOROPHYLL; HYDROGRAPHY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MODIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 77957805703     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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