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The South China Sea thermohaline structure and circulation (1998)
| Venue: | Master Thesis, .:N~val postgratuate School |
| Citations: | 2 - 1 self |
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Citation Context ... GRIDDED DATAsFor each temperature (or salinity) profile, we linearly interpolated the data intosthirteen standard depths (Table 4.1). After this process, we used the minimum curvaturesspline method [=-=Smith and Wessel, 1990-=-] from the Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) [Wesselsand Smith, 1992] to create horizontal gridded data. This method interpolates the data 4>us(0)sat observational points (Xj, y) onto the grid points with a... |
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Citation Context ...ocity V is parallel to Vq x Vp. Here,sp is the potential density, andsq=fdp/dz (20)sis the potential vorticity. If the p surface is not parallel to the q surface, the unit vector P cansbe defined by [=-=Chu, 1995-=-]sp =sVP x Vg |Vp x Vq\ (21)s78sApplying the thermal wind relation at two different depths \ and z^ as shown insFigure 7.1, a set of algebraic equations for determining the parameter r is obtainedsr(*... |
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Citation Context ...r to Vietnam in summersat the surface. In addition, a cold-core eddy was detected in the central SCS from the 29thsDecember 1993 to 5th January 1994 according to analysis of the TOPEX/ POSEIDON datas[=-=Soong, et al., 1995-=-].sRecently, Chu et al. [1997a] and Chu and Chang [1997] identified a central SCSssurface warm-core eddy ii n-d-May from a more complete historical data set - the U.S.sNavy's Master Observational Ocea... |
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Citation Context ...Theshydrographic data determine the geostrophic vertical shear. The reference velocity (u0, v0)scan be determined by several inverse techniques, such as the ß-spiral method [Stommel andsSchott, 1977; =-=Schott and Stommel, 1978-=-], the box inverse method [Wunsch, 1978], and thesBernoulli method [Killworth, 1986]. Wunsch [1994] proposed a generalized ß-spiral andsgeostrophic balance inverse method based on a nonlinear optimiza... |
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Citation Context ...e SCS joins the Pacific Ocean through the Luzon Strait. The seasonal variationssof the intrusion of the Kuroshio Water into the SCS through the Luzon Strait have beensinvestigated in earlier studies [=-=Fan and Yu, 1981-=-; Shaw, 1989; Shaw, 1991]. As pointed outsby Shaw [1991], the intrusion process is important not only to the transport of water massessinto the SCS, but also to the shelf circulation off the southeast... |
| 6 | Response of the South China Sea to seasonal monsoon forcing - Chu, Li, et al. - 1994 |
| 6 | Formation of the South China Sea warm core eddy in boreal spring - Chu, Huang, et al. - 1996 |
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Citation Context ...cific Ocean through the Luzon Strait. The seasonal variationssof the intrusion of the Kuroshio Water into the SCS through the Luzon Strait have beensinvestigated in earlier studies [Fan and Yu, 1981; =-=Shaw, 1989-=-; Shaw, 1991]. As pointed outsby Shaw [1991], the intrusion process is important not only to the transport of water massessinto the SCS, but also to the shelf circulation off the southeast coast of Ch... |
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Citation Context ...v0)scan be determined by several inverse techniques, such as the ß-spiral method [Stommel andsSchott, 1977; Schott and Stommel, 1978], the box inverse method [Wunsch, 1978], and thesBernoulli method [=-=Killworth, 1986-=-]. Wunsch [1994] proposed a generalized ß-spiral andsgeostrophic balance inverse method based on a nonlinear optimization on Needler's Psequation [Needier, 1967]. Davis [1978] pointed out that the ß-s... |
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Citation Context ...0-14.5's34.42-34.62sIsT(°C)sSalinitys5.3-10.0s34.33-34.64s5.6-11.0s34.34-34.52s6.4-11.0s34.30-34.50sTable 2.1. Ranges of Temperature and Salinity of Water Massessin the northern South China Sea (from =-=Su and Weng, 1994-=-)sB.sMONSOON EFFECT ON THE CURRENT SYSTEMsThe entire region of the South China Sea is under the influence of the monsoonssystem, and in the absence of major oceanic inflow, the currents undergo a seas... |
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Citation Context ...mber; e, February; f, May; g, August; h, November;ssee text for acronyms (from Su and Weng, 1994)s13s30° Ns-20°Ns-10°NsFigure 2.2 Mean Atmospheric Surface Streamline Analysissfor summer monsoon (From =-=Cheang, 1980-=-)s14sN , tfsFigure 2.3 Observational Summer (June) surface Circulation ofsthe Southeast Asia Waters (From Wyrtki, 1961)s15s30°N --s20° Ns100° E 120° E 140° EsFigure 2.4 Mean Atmospheric Surface Stream... |
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Citation Context ...sch, 1978], and thesBernoulli method [Killworth, 1986]. Wunsch [1994] proposed a generalized ß-spiral andsgeostrophic balance inverse method based on a nonlinear optimization on Needler's Psequation [=-=Needier, 1967-=-]. Davis [1978] pointed out that the ß-spiral method and the boxsinverse method, regardless of appearances, are based on the same dynamical assumptions,sand the existence of the ß-spiral thus becomes ... |
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| 1 | 1998a: "Evalustion of P vector method using modular ocean model (MOM - Chu, Fan, et al. |
| 1 | The seasonal variation of the intrusion of the Philippine Sea water into the South China Sea - i„, P-T - 1991 |
