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The South China Sea (SCS) is the largest and deepest sea in China. For a fully understanding of its flow fields, numerical modeling is an important approach because the acquisition of sufficient field data is very difficult, especially for its deep part, and the topographical complexity hampers the success of analytic solutions even for the simplest models. A basic flow patterns for the upper layer has emerged by 2-D modeling (Guo et al, 1983; Wang, 1985; Zeng et al, 1989; Li et al, 1992), but the knowledge about the vertical distribution of currents requires 3-D models.
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Wen-zhi, W., Qi-zhou, H., Li, Y.S., Li, Z.W. (1994). Three-Dimensional Numerical Modeling of the Water Circulation in South China Sea. In: Di, Z., Yuan-Bo, L., Cheng-Kui, Z. (eds) Oceanology of China Seas. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0862-1_10
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