A sea temperature data assimilation system forthe China Seas and adjacent areas is developed based on anested regional ocean circulation model and variational op-timal interpolation assimilation method. A 12-year assi...
This work was supported by the National Key Basic Research Development Program(Grant Nos.G1999043807 and G1999043805);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.49976010).
Drifting buoys, satellite altimetry and satellite-derived sea surface thermal images are used to identify the existence of a large cold-core, cyclonic Kuroshio frontal eddy between Hengchun Peninsula and Lanyu, southe...