Climatology of physical hydrographic and biological characteristics of the Northern South China Sea Shelf-sea (NoSoCS) and adjacent waters: Observations from satellite remote sensing

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-22

  Pan, Xiaoju ^a   Wong, George T F ^a,b   Tai, Jen Hua ^a   Ho, Tung Yuan ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Climatology; Northern South China Sea; Pearl River; Remote sensing; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHLOROPHYLL; CLIMATOLOGY; GEMS; MIXING; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; SUBMARINE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WIND;

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; PEARL RIVER; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CHLOROPHYLL A; CLIMATOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRESHWATER INPUT; HYDROGRAPHY; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF SEA; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; DONGSHAN; FUJIAN; GUANGDONG; HAINAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRATAS ISLANDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN BANK; TAIWAN STRAIT; ZHUJIANG;

EID: 84930928633     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.02.022     Document Type: Article

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