Characteristics and mechanisms of sea surface height in the South China Sea

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 88-89, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-31

  Zhou, Jian ^a   Li, Peiliang ^a   Yu, Haili ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Freshwater; Markov model; Net heat flux; Stochastic dynamic analytic method; Subsurface water; Wind stress

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER; MARKOV MODEL; NET HEAT FLUX; STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS; SUBSURFACE WATERS;

BUOYANCY; MARKOV PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WATER; WIND STRESS;

INTERNET PROTOCOLS;

AMPLITUDE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BUOYANCY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT FLUX; MARKOV CHAIN; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; STOCHASTICITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TIMESCALE; WIND STRESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84860534767     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.03.001     Document Type: Article

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