supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (GrantNo. 40806005);by the Chinese Academy of Sciences’Knowledge Innovation Program (Grant No. KZCX2-YW-Q11-02);partially supported under the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (Grant No. SQ200814)
In this study the interannual variability of the upper-ocean heat content in the South China Sea (SCS) was revisited using simple ocean data assimilation (SODA) combined with objective analyzed data sets that incl...
supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (MOST) (Grant No. 2011CB403504);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40625017 and 40806005)
Prior studies have revealed that,as a part of the Pacific tropical gyre,the South China Sea throughflow(SCSTF) is strongly influenced by the Pacific low-latitude western boundary current(LLWBC).In this study,ocean...
supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Knowledge Innovation Program (Grant Nos.KZCX2-YW-214 and KZCX2-YW-BR-04);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.40806005,40640420557 and 40625017);supported by a grant from the City University of Hong Kong (Project No. 7002329)
Changes in the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) and the South China Sea throughflow-measured by the Luzon Strait Transport (LST)-associated with the 1976/77 regime shift are analyzed using the Island Rule theory and t...
the National Science Foundation of China through Grants Nos.40520140074,40136010(for G.Fang),40476016(for Z.Wei);partly supported by The National Science Foundation(U.S.A)through Grant OCE-02-19782 and ONR Grants Nos.014041.0698,014051—0272(for R.D.Susanto);partly supported b oNR through Grants 040611-8331,050303-7499(for Q.Zheng).
The existing estimates of the volume transport from the Pacific Ocean to the South China Sea are summarized, showing an annual mean westward transport, with the Taiwan Strait outflow subtracted, of 3.5±2.0 Sv (1 Sv=...