Overview of the multi-layer circulation in the South China Sea

Y Zhu, J Sun, Y Wang, S Li, T Xu, Z Wei, T Qu - Progress in Oceanography, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Sea (SCS) is a semi-enclosed ocean basin, with its sole
deepwater renewal channel in the northeast, the Luzon Strait, connected to the northwestern …

Progress on the formation dynamics of the layered circulation in the South China Sea

Z Cai, J Gan, Z Liu, CR Hui, J Li - Progress in Oceanography, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract In the South China Sea (SCS), an alternating cyclonic-anticyclonic-cyclonic (CAC)
circulation is recognized in the upper-middle-deep layers based on the principle of Stokes …

[HTML][HTML] Anticyclonic eddy sheddings from Kuroshio loop and the accompanying cyclonic eddy in the northeastern South China Sea

Z Zhang, W Zhao, B Qiu, J Tian - Journal of Physical …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Anticyclonic Eddy Sheddings from Kuroshio Loop and the Accompanying Cyclonic Eddy in the
Northeastern South China Sea in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 47 Issue 6 (2017) …

Early and extreme warming in the South China Sea during 2015/2016: Role of an unusual Indian Ocean dipole event

F Xiao, D Wang, MYT Leung - Geophysical Research Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The South China Sea (SCS) experienced sea surface temperature that broke
historical records in the autumn of 2015. This event cannot be explained by El Niño alone …

Three‐dimensional pathways of water masses in the S outh C hina S ea: A modeling study

Z Liu, J Gan - Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
We conduct a numerical Eulerian analysis on the Lagrangian characteristics of South China
Sea (SCS) water masses. This is the first study to investigate the water pathway and …

Hotspots of the stokes rotating circulation in a large marginal sea

J Gan, H Kung, Z Cai, Z Liu, C Hui, J Li - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Marginal seas, surrounded by continents with dense populations, are vulnerable and have a
quick response to climate change effects. The seas typically have alternatively rotating …

Spatial structure and temporal variability of the zonal flow in the L uzon S trait

Z Zhang, W Zhao, J Tian, Q Yang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
One year long, full‐depth velocity measurements were used to examine the spatial structure
and temporal variability of the zonal flow in the Luzon Strait (LSZF). The observation …

Dissolved organic carbon in the South China Sea and its exchange with the Western Pacific Ocean

K Wu, M Dai, J Chen, F Meng, X Li, Z Liu, C Du… - Deep Sea Research Part …, 2015 - Elsevier
Based on a large and high quality dataset of total organic carbon (TOC, an approximation of
dissolved organic carbon) collected from three cruises in spring, fall and winter in 2009 …

Deep western boundary current in the South China Sea

C Zhou, W Zhao, J Tian, X Zhao, Y Zhu, Q Yang… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Deep western boundary current (DWBC) was observed for the first time by an array of 6
current meter moorings southeast of the Zhongsha Islands in the South China Sea (SCS) …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal exchanges of the Kuroshio and shelf waters and their impacts on the shelf currents of the East China Sea

J Wang, LY Oey - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Seasonal Exchanges of the Kuroshio and Shelf Waters and Their Impacts on the Shelf Currents
of the East China Sea in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 46 Issue 5 (2016) Jump to …