The 4-D structure of upwelling and Pearl River plume in the northern South China Sea during summer 2008 revealed by a data assimilation model

Ocean Modelling

Volumn 36, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 228-241

  Shu, Yeqiang ^a   Wang, Dongxiao ^a   Zhu, Jiang ^b   Peng, Shiqiu ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Ensemble Kalman Smoother; Northern South China Sea; Pearl River plume; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION MODEL; DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES; DOWN-WELLING; KALMAN SMOOTHER; LARGE-SCALE CURRENTS; LOW-SALINITY WATER; MODEL DOMAINS; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; PEARL RIVER; PEARL RIVER ESTUARY; PRINCETON OCEAN MODEL; SALINITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SHUT DOWN; STEEPER SLOPES; SURFACE CURRENT; TAIWAN STRAITS; TIME-PERIODS; UPPER LAYER; UPWELLING; VERTICAL MIXING; WARM WATER; WIND-INDUCED UPWELLING;

DATA PROCESSING; GEMS; PUMPS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

RIVERS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; DOWNWELLING; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTER; OCEANIC CURRENT; PLUME; SALINITY; UPWELLING; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANTOU; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN STRAIT;

EID: 79951670343     PISSN: 14635003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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