Volume, heat, and freshwater transports from the South China Sea to Indonesian seas in the boreal winter of 2007-2008

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Fang, Guohong ^a   Susanto, R Dwi ^b   Wirasantosa, Sugiarta ^c   Qiao, Fangli ^a   Supangat, Agus ^c   Fan, Bin ^a   Wei, Zexun ^a   Sulistiyo, Budi ^c   Li, Shujiang ^a  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILERS; BOREAL WINTERS; CONDUCTIVITY TEMPERATURE DEPTHS; CURRENT DATA; FRESHWATER TRANSPORTS; HEAT TRANSPORT; INDONESIAN THROUGHFLOW; MOUNTED SENSORS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SEA SURFACE SLOPE; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SOUTH CHINA SEA; STUDY AREAS; THROUGHFLOW; WATER FLOWS;

DOPPLER EFFECT;

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; FRESHWATER INPUT; HEAT TRANSFER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEASONALITY; THROUGHFLOW; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIA; INDONESIAN SEAS; MAKASSAR STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 78649983231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JC006225     Document Type: Article

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