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contributor authorQu, Tangdong
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:54:03Z
date available2017-06-09T14:54:03Z
date copyright2000/06/01
date issued2000
identifier issn0022-3670
identifier otherams-29256.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4166463
description abstractUpper-layer circulation is investigated by using all available historical temperature profiles combined with climatological temperature?salinity relationships in the South China Sea. Two cyclonic eddies are revealed: one is located east of Vietnam (called the East Vietnam eddy) and the other is off northwest Luzon (called the West Luzon eddy). Both local Ekman pumping and remotely forced basin-scale circulation are important mechanisms controlling these two eddies. The Luzon Strait transport (relative to 400 db) is estimated to be of the order 3.0 Sv (1 Sv = 1 ? 106 m3 s?1) in the mean, and has a seasonal cycle dominated by the annual signal, with a maximum (5.3 Sv) in January?February and a minimum (0.2 Sv) in June?July. Pressure gradients are also examined to explore the dynamics of the intrusion of waters from the Pacific into the South China Sea through the Luzon Strait.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleUpper-Layer Circulation in the South China Sea
typeJournal Paper
journal volume30
journal issue6
journal titleJournal of Physical Oceanography
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0485(2000)030<1450:ULCITS>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage1450
journal lastpage1460
treeJournal of Physical Oceanography:;2000:;Volume( 030 ):;issue: 006
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