Decadal variability of heat content in the South China Sea inferred from observation data and an ocean data assimilation product

Ocean Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 135-139

  Song, Wei ^a,b   Lan, Jian ^a   Liu, Qinyan ^b   Sui, Dandan ^b   Zeng, Lili ^b   Wang, Dongxiao ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT FLOW; HEAT FLUX; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

LUZON; LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84896846900     PISSN: 18120784     EISSN: 18120792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/os-10-135-2014     Document Type: Article

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