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 …

Advances in research of the mid-deep South China Sea circulation

D Wang, Q Wang, S Cai, X Shang, S Peng… - Science China Earth …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The South China Sea (SCS) is a large marginal sea connecting the Indian and
Pacific oceans. Under the factors of monsoons, strait transport, and varied bathymetry, the …

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 …

South China Sea throughflow impact on the Indonesian throughflow

AL Gordon, BA Huber, EJ Metzger… - Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In 2008–2009 the Makassar throughflow profile changed dramatically: the characteristic
thermocline velocity maximum increased from 0.7 to 0.9 m/sec and shifted from 140 m to 70 …

A new assessment of mesoscale eddies in the South China Sea: Surface features, three‐dimensional structures, and thermohaline transports

Q He, H Zhan, S Cai, Y He, G Huang… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract By analyzing 22 years (1993–2015) of daily eddy data, statistics of surface eddy
properties were refreshed in the South China Sea. More than 7,000 of historical Argo …

Increasing deep-water overflow from the Pacific into the South China Sea revealed by mooring observations

C Zhou, X **ao, W Zhao, J Yang, X Huang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cold and dense water from the North Pacific Ocean that spills through the Luzon Strait, the
only deep conduit between the South China Sea (SCS) and the Pacific Ocean, renews deep …

Deep south China sea circulation

G Wang, SP **e, T Qu, RX Huang - Geophysical Research …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The analysis of an updated monthly climatology of observed temperature and salinity from
the US Navy Generalized Digital Environment Model reveals a basin‐scale cyclonic …

Maritime Continent water cycle regulates low-latitude chokepoint of global ocean circulation

T Lee, S Fournier, AL Gordon, J Sprintall - Nature Communications, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract The Maritime Continent (MC) is a low-latitude chokepoint of the world oceans with
the Indonesian throughflow (ITF) linking the Indo-Pacific oceans, influencing global ocean …

Deep water circulation in the Luzon Strait

W Zhao, C Zhou, J Tian, Q Yang… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Deep water circulation in the Luzon Strait, which connects the Pacific deep circulation with
the South China Sea throughflow, is investigated using a set of oceanographic observations …

Volume, heat, and freshwater transports from the South China Sea to Indonesian seas in the boreal winter of 2007–2008

G Fang, RD Susanto, S Wirasantosa… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Acoustic Doppler current profiler observations were carried out at two stations along a
transect northwest of the Karimata Strait from December 2007 to November 2008. One …