Simulated Results of the Current in the South China Sea in Summer
南海夏季海流的数值模拟

Simulated results of the upper layer current in the South China Sea in summer are given which show that: there is a strong coastal current flowing Northeastward along the north continental shelf of the South China Sea and entering the East China Sea through the Taiwan Strait; in the area southeast to Hainan Island and east to Vietnam a cyclonic eddy occurs around Xisha and Zhongsha archiPelagos; an anticyclonic eddy occupies the southern South China Sea. These features are in good agreement with observations. However, simulated results also display a branch of the Kuroshio entering the South China Sea through the southern pait of the Bashi Strait, the Pxistence of which could be confipoed by very few observations.