Vertical structure and evolution of the Luzon Warm Eddy

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 955-961

  Chen, Gengxin ^a,b,c   Hou, Yijun ^a,b   Chu, Xiaoqing ^a,b,c   Qi, Peng ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

altimetry; Argo; Luzon Warm Eddy; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955896622     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-010-9040-3     Document Type: Article

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