supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(41276024 and 41276024);the Knowledge Innovation Engineering Frontier Project of Sanya Institute of Deep Sea Science and Engineering(SIDSSE-201205);Sanya and Chinese Academy of Sciences Cooperation Project(2012YD01)
This study is a preliminary analysis of the South China Sea(SCS)deep circulations using eight quasi-global high-resolution ocean model outputs.The goal is to assess models’ability to simulate these deep circulations....