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South China Sea, its circulation and connection with other parts of the world oceans, poses important scientific questions. From the prospective view, we postulate ten key research directions to be pursued in the coming future, including ventilation of a monsoon dominated sea, water mass formation/transformation, heat/salt and water mass balance, energetics and mixing, mesoscale eddies, the role of typhoon, deep circulation and paleoclimate records, interaction with adjacent oceans, upwelling and ecology system, and response to climate changes.
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Foundation item: The Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences under contract Nos XDA11010103 and XDA11010203; the National Natural Science Foundation of China under contract No. 41176024; the Chinese Academy of Sciences/State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs (CAS/SAFEA) International Partnership Program for Creative Research Teams.
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Huang, R.X., Du, Y. Scientific questions about South China Sea ocean dynamics. Acta Oceanol. Sin. 34, 1–5 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-015-0756-y
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13131-015-0756-y