The oceanography of the Northern south China Sea Shelf-Sea (NoSoCS) and its adjacent Waters-overview and Highlights

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 117, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-9

  Wong, George T F ^a,b   Ku, Teh Lung ^c   Liu, Hongbin ^d   Mulholland, Margaret ^e  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^e Old Dominion University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; MIXING; NUTRIENTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TROPICS;

INTERNAL WAVES; SHELF CIRCULATION; SHELF-SEA; SOUTH CHINA SEA; UPWELLING;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 84930930044     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.04.026     Document Type: Editorial

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