The Four Patterns of the East Branch of the Kuroshio Bifurcation in the Luzon Strait
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data and Method
2.1. Data
2.2. Method
3. Results
3.1. The Four Patterns of the East Branch of the Kuroshio Bifurcation
3.2. The Effect of the Four Patterns on the Local Sea Temperature
4. Summary
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sun, R.; Zhai, F.; Gu, Y. The Four Patterns of the East Branch of the Kuroshio Bifurcation in the Luzon Strait. Water 2018, 10, 1822. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10121822
Sun R, Zhai F, Gu Y. The Four Patterns of the East Branch of the Kuroshio Bifurcation in the Luzon Strait. Water. 2018; 10(12):1822. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10121822
Chicago/Turabian StyleSun, Ruili, Fangguo Zhai, and Yanzhen Gu. 2018. "The Four Patterns of the East Branch of the Kuroshio Bifurcation in the Luzon Strait" Water 10, no. 12: 1822. https://doi.org/10.3390/w10121822