Implication of the South China Sea throughflow for the interannual variability of the regional upper-ocean heat content

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-62

  Liu, Qinyan ^a   Huang, Ruixin ^b   Wang, Dongxiao ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

heat content; South China Sea throughflow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155189253     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-011-0068-x     Document Type: Article

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