Eddy heat and salt transports in the South China Sea and their seasonal modulations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Chen, Gengxin ^a   Gan, Jianping ^b   Xie, Qiang ^a,c   Chu, Xiaoqing ^a   Wang, Dongxiao ^a   Hou, Yijun ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEA LEVEL; SHEAR FLOW;

ASYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BARRIER LAYERS; BASIN-SCALE CIRCULATION; COMBINED EFFECT; EDDY DIFFUSIVITIES; EDDY HEAT TRANSPORT; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; EDDY TRANSPORTS; HEAT TRANSPORT; HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; IN-SITU; MESOSCALE EDDY; REDUCED-GRAVITY MODEL; SALT TRANSPORT; SEA LEVEL ANOMALY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH CHINA SEA; UPPER LAYER; VERTICAL VELOCITY; VIET NAM;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

ARGO; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CLIMATOLOGY; DIFFUSIVITY; HALOCLINE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MESOSCALE EDDY; SALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SALT; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOCLINE; TURBULENT FLOW;

LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84861120154     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007724     Document Type: Article

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