Trends of upper-layer circulation in the South China Sea during 1959-2008

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Yang, Haiyuan ^a   Wu, Lixin ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EAST ASIAN MONSOON; KUROSHIO; MEAN VALUES; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SIMPLE OCEAN DATA ASSIMILATIONS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTICYCLONE; DATA ASSIMILATION; MONSOON; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84865731897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JC008068     Document Type: Article

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