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On the sources of the Taiwan Warm Current from the South China Sea

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Historical hydrographic data across several sections in the South China Sea (SCS) and Taiwan Strait have been reconsidered. The year-around existence of the South China Sea Warm Current (SCSWC) along the shelf break off the Guangdong coast and the seemingly year-around southwestward current to the east of SCSWC are both evident in the data. The data also showed that the northward current in the Taiwan Strait seemed to be the extension of SCSWC.

A barotropic numerical model is employed to explain some of the observed features. Reasonable simulation of the circulation in the northeast part of SCS has been found.

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  1. Second Institute of Oceanography, SOA, Hangzhou

    Su Jilan

  2. National Institute for Polar Research, Shanghai

    Wang Wei

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Jilan, S., Wei, W. On the sources of the Taiwan Warm Current from the South China Sea. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 5, 299–308 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02843812

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