Current separation and upwelling over the southeast shelf of Vietnam in the South China Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Changsheng ^a,b   Lai, Zhigang ^a,c   Beardsley, Robert C ^d   Xu, Qichun ^a   Lin, Huichan ^a   Viet, Nguyen Trung ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e Thuyloi University   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; DYNAMICS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; WIND STRESS;

COASTAL CURRENTS; COASTAL REGIONS; DISTRIBUTION OF TEMPERATURE; EKMAN TRANSPORT; FINITE-VOLUME; FULLY NONLINEAR; HIGH RESOLUTION; MEKONG RIVER; MONSOON WINDS; NORTHEASTWARD CURRENTS; OCEAN MODEL; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; PROCESS-ORIENTED; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE IMAGERY; SEPARATION ZONE; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TURBULENT MIXING; UNSTRUCTURED GRID; VIET NAM; WIND FIELD; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS CURL;

SEPARATION;

ADVECTION; BUOYANCY; COASTAL CURRENT; EKMAN TRANSPORT; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MONSOON; RIVER DISCHARGE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIDAL CURRENT; TURBULENT MIXING; UPWELLING; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84859127792     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007150     Document Type: Article

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