Articles | Volume 11, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-305-2015
https://doi.org/10.5194/os-11-305-2015
Research article
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01 Apr 2015
Research article |  | 01 Apr 2015

Correlation between subsurface high-salinity water in the northern South China Sea and the North Equatorial Current–Kuroshio circulation system from HYCOM simulations

A. Wang, Y. Du, W. Zhuang, and Y. Qi

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Here, we investigated the seasonal variability of subsurface high-salinity water (SHSW) in the northern South China Sea (SCS) and its relationship with the North Equatorial Current-Kuroshio circulation system. Results give new insight into water exchange through the Luzon Strait (LS). The changes in western Pacific large-scale circulation modulate the water exchange in the LS, and thus influence the SHSW in the interior SCS basin.