The seasonal variation of the upper layers of the South China Sea (SCS) circulation and the Indonesian through flow (ITF): An ocean model study

Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-130

  Xu, Danya ^a   Malanotte Rizzoli, Paola ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MIT ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation; Indonesian through flow; The South China Sea; Thermal structure; Volume transport

Indexed keywords

FINITE-VOLUME COASTAL OCEAN MODELS; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; INDONESIAN THROUGH FLOW; LONG TERM OBSERVATIONS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; THERMAL STRUCTURE; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOILER CIRCULATION; SEA LEVEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; MONSOON; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL STRUCTURE; THROUGHFLOW; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIA; LIFAMATOLA STRAIT; MAKASSAR STRAIT; MOLUCCAS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SULU SEA;

EID: 84879776723     PISSN: 03770265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dynatmoce.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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