TY - JOUR
T1 - A Review on the currents in the South China Sea
T2 - Seasonal circulation, South China Sea warm current and Kuroshio intrusion
AU - Hu, J.
AU - Kawamura, H.
AU - Hong, H.
AU - Qi, Y.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Researches on the currents in the South China Sea (SCS) and the interaction between the SCS and its adjacent seas are reviewed. Overall seasonal circulation in the SCS is cyclonic in winter and anticyclonic in summer with a few stable eddies. The seasonal circulation is mostly driven by monsoon winds, and is related to water exchange between the SCS and the East China Sea through the Taiwan Strait, and between the SCS and the Kuroshio through the Luzon Strait. Seasonal characteristics of the South China Sea Warm Current in the northern SCS and the Kuroshio intrusion to the SCS are summarized in terms of the interaction between the SCS and its adjacent seas.
AB - Researches on the currents in the South China Sea (SCS) and the interaction between the SCS and its adjacent seas are reviewed. Overall seasonal circulation in the SCS is cyclonic in winter and anticyclonic in summer with a few stable eddies. The seasonal circulation is mostly driven by monsoon winds, and is related to water exchange between the SCS and the East China Sea through the Taiwan Strait, and between the SCS and the Kuroshio through the Luzon Strait. Seasonal characteristics of the South China Sea Warm Current in the northern SCS and the Kuroshio intrusion to the SCS are summarized in terms of the interaction between the SCS and its adjacent seas.
KW - Kuroshio intrusion
KW - Review
KW - Seasonal circulation
KW - South china sea
KW - South china sea warm current
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1011117531252
DO - 10.1023/A:1011117531252
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0034477454
SN - 0916-8370
VL - 56
SP - 607
EP - 624
JO - Journal of Oceanography
JF - Journal of Oceanography
IS - 6
ER -