Enhancement of eddy-Ekman pumping inside anticyclonic eddies with wind-parallel extension: Satellite observations and numerical studies in the South China Sea

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 132, Issue , 2014, Pages 150-161

  Li, Junmin ^a   Qi, Yiquan ^a   Jing, Zhiyou ^a   Wang, Jia ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorophylls; Eddies; Ekman pumping; Monsoons; The South China Sea; Wind parallel extension

Indexed keywords

EDDIES; EKMAN PUMPING; MONSOONS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; WIND-PARALLEL EXTENSION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CHLOROPHYLL; EXPERIMENTS;

PUMPS;

ANTICYCLONE; CHLOROPHYLL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EDDY COVARIANCE; EKMAN PUMPING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WIND DIRECTION; WIND FIELD;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84896895978     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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