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Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-299-2015
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-299-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
Research article
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16 Jan 2015
Research article |  | 16 Jan 2015

Satellite observations of the small-scale cyclonic eddies in the western South China Sea

F. Liu, S. Tang, and C. Chen

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In this paper, small-scale cyclonic eddies in the western South China Sea were observed during the upwelling season of the year. These small-scale eddies propagated eastward at the speed of 12cm/s. They transported the high level of phytoplankton away from the coastal area. The generation of the small-scale eddies may be associated with the relative movement between the mesoscale anticyclonic eddy and the offshore current.
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