A review on the South China Sea western boundary current

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Fang, Guohong ^a   Wang, Gang ^a   Fang, Yue ^a   Fang, Wendong ^b  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

South China Sea; subsurface current; upwelling; Vietnam offshore current; western boundary current

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877825432     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13131-012-0231-y     Document Type: Review

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