An updated examination of the Luzon Strait transport

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Hsin, Yi Chia ^a   Wu, Chau Ron ^b   Chao, Shenn Yu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL;

ANNUAL MEAN; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; INDONESIAN THROUGHFLOW; KUROSHIO; MONSOON WINDS; NORTHEAST MONSOON; OPEN OCEAN; SEASONALITY; SOUTH CHINA SEA; STANDARD DEVIATION; SURFACE HEAT FLUXES; UPPER OCEAN; WATER MASS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

HEAT FLUX; INFLOW; MEANDER; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPEN OCEAN; OUTFLOW; SEASONAL VARIATION; THROUGHFALL; UPPER OCEAN; WATER MASS; WIND STRESS;

LUZON STRAIT; MIMAROPA; MINDORO STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84863389842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007714     Document Type: Article

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