Factors influencing the climatological mixed layer depth in the South China Sea: Numerical simulations

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1112-1118

  Fan, Conghui ^a,b   Wang, Juanjuan ^a,b,c   Song, Jinbao ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

evaporation; mixed layer depth (MLD); net heat flux; precipitation; regional ocean model system (ROMS); South China Sea (SCS); wind stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957954299     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-010-0002-6     Document Type: Article

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