Seasonal circulations in the Malay Peninsula Eastern continental shelf from a wave-tide-circulation coupled model

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1317-1328

  Tangang, Fredolin T ^a   Xia, Changsui ^b   Qiao, Fangli ^b   Juneng, Liew ^a   Shan, Feng ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Malay Peninsula Eastern continental shelf; Seasonal circulation; Wave tide circulation coupled model

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF REGIONS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; COUPLED MODELS; EAST COAST; MALAYSIA; MODEL RESULTS; MONSOON WINDS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; PRINCETON OCEAN MODEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA-SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALIES; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIDAL HARMONICS; TOPEX/POSEIDON; WIND STRESS CURL;

WIND STRESS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ANTICYCLONE; BATHYMETRY; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; EDDY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIDAL CONSTANT; WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION; WIND STRESS;

MALAY PENINSULA;

EID: 81255171648     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0432-5     Document Type: Article

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