funded by the State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science(Xiamen University);the National Basic Research Program of China(2009CB421200 and 2007CB411803);supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41006017and41076001);the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(2010121030);the U.S.Office of Naval Research(N00014-05-1-0245)
The first regional mapping of the averaged turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate <εp> in the upper pycnocline of the northern South China Sea is presented and discussed.At φ=20°N and to the north of this latitu...