Mooring observations and numerical modeling of thermal structures in the South China Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Chang, Ya Ting ^a   Yung Tang, Tswen ^a   Chao, Shenn Yu ^b   Chang, Ming Huei ^c   Ko, Dong S ^d   Jang Yang, Yiing ^e   Liang, Wen Der ^e   McPhaden, Michael J ^f  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Naval Academy   (Taiwan)

^f NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; TIDES;

ACQUISITION SYSTEMS; CYCLONIC GYRE; INTERANNUAL; INTERNAL TIDES; INTRASEASONAL VARIATIONS; MESOSCALE EDDY; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NORTHEAST MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODELING; OCEAN MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHERN LATITUDES; TEMPERATURE DROPS; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VIET NAM; WARM EDDY; WARM WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

DATA ACQUISITION; EDDY; EL NINO; GYRE; INTERNAL TIDE; MOORING SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL STRUCTURE; TYPHOON; WATER TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; VIET NAM;

EID: 77958135352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006293     Document Type: Article

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