Dynamics of intensified downwelling circulation over a widened shelf in the northeastern South China Sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-94

  Gan, Jianping ^a   Ho, Ho San ^a   Liang, Linlin ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGING FLOW; FRICTIONAL STRESS; GEOSTROPHIC TRANSPORT; PRESSURE GRADIENT FORCE; SOUTH CHINA SEA; STRATIFIED FLOWS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELS; VORTICITY DYNAMICS;

FRICTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

VORTICITY;

DOWNWELLING; EKMAN TRANSPORT; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SHEAR FLOW; VORTICITY; WATER COLUMN;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84874997255     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-12-02.1     Document Type: Article

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