A review on the currents in the South China Sea: seasonal circulation, South China Sea warm current and Kuroshio intrusion

J Hu, H Kawamura, H Hong, Y Qi - Journal of Oceanography, 2000 - Springer
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 …

An introduction to the South China Sea throughflow: Its dynamics, variability, and application for climate

T Qu, YT Song, T Yamagata - Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 2009 - Elsevier
The South China Sea throughflow (SCSTF) involves the inflow through the Luzon strait and
the outflow through the Karimata, Mindoro, and Taiwan straits. Recent studies have …

Mesoscale eddies in the South China Sea: Mean properties, spatiotemporal variability, and impact on thermohaline structure

G Chen, Y Hou, X Chu - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated mean properties and the spatiotemporal variability of eddies in the South
China Sea (SCS) by analyzing more than 7000 eddies corresponding to 827 eddy tracks …

Mesoscale eddies in the South China Sea observed with altimeter data

G Wang, J Su, PC Chu - Geophysical Research Letters, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
A composite time series (1993–2000) of sea surface height anomaly from several satellites
is used to identify eddies in the South China Sea (SCS). The eddy lifetime, radius, strength …

Upper-layer circulation in the South China Sea

T Qu - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2000 - journals.ametsoc.org
Upper-layer circulation is investigated by using all available historical temperature profiles
combined with climatological temperature–salinity relationships in the South China Sea …

A census of eddy activities in the South China Sea during 1993–2007

P **u, F Chai, L Shi, H Xue… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous mesoscale eddies occur each year in the South China Sea (SCS), but their
statistical characteristics are still not well documented. A Pacific basin‐wide three …

Interannual variability of the Kuroshio intrusion in the South China Sea

MJ Caruso, GG Gawarkiewicz, RC Beardsley - Journal of Oceanography, 2006 - Springer
The interannual variability of intrusions of the Kuroshio into the South China Sea (SCS) is
investigated using satellite remote sensing data supported by in-situ measurements. The …

A gap in the Indo‐Pacific warm pool over the South China Sea in boreal winter: Seasonal development and interannual variability

Q Liu, X Jiang, SP **e, WT Liu - Journal of Geophysical …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
The Indo‐Pacific warm water pool in boreal winter shows a conspicuous gap over the South
China Sea (SCS) where sea surface temperature (SST) is considerably lower than over the …

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 …

Three-dimensional properties of mesoscale eddies in the South China Sea based on eddy-resolving model output

X Lin, C Dong, D Chen, Y Liu, J Yang, B Zou… - Deep Sea Research Part …, 2015 - Elsevier
Last decade has witnessed extensive studies on mesoscale oceanic eddies in the Southern
China Sea (SCS), however most of these studies are focused on the surface eddies, and …