Evolution of an anticyclonic eddy southwest of Taiwan

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 519-531

  Zu, Tingting ^a   Wang, Dongxiao ^a   Yan, Changxiang ^b   Belkin, Igor ^c   Zhuang, Wei ^a   Chen, Ju ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticyclonic eddy; Kuroshio intrusion; Monsoon wind; South China Sea; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; KUROSHIO INTRUSION; MONSOON WINDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; KINETICS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL; WIND STRESS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTICYCLONE; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CHLOROPHYLL A; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; MONSOON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND STRESS;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 84877823862     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-013-0612-6     Document Type: Article

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