Observation of mixing processes over the continental slope of the northern South China Sea
南海北部陆坡区混合过程观测

An observation was conducted on board R/V Yan Ping 2 from April 30 to May 1,2004.The small-scale process over the continental slope of the northern South China Sea(SCS)was studied from the direct microstructure observation using a free-falling instrument TurboMAP-II(Turbulence Ocean Microstructures Acquisition Profiler).Due to the presentation of the South China Sea subsurface water and the South China Sea intermediate water,the salt fingering is expected to occur between 150 m and 500 m.The results reveal ...