Connecting the tropical Pacific with Indian Ocean through South
China Sea Article first published online: 21 DEC 2005 Copyright
2005 by the American Geophysical Union. Geophysical Research
Letters Volume 32, Issue 24, December 2005 How to Cite 2005),
Connecting the tropical Pacific with Indian Ocean through South
China Sea, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L24609,
doi:10.1029/2005GL024698., , , , and ( - Issue published online:
21 DEC 2005 - Article first published online: 21 DEC 2005 -
Manuscript Accepted: 4 NOV 2005 - Manuscript Revised: 31 OCT
2005 - Manuscript Received: 19 SEP 2005  Analysis of wind data
over the past 40 years and results from a high-resolution
general circulation model has revealed the existence of a
previously undescribed circulation that connects the tropical
Pacific with Indian Ocean. As a direct response to the Pacific
wind, water of the Pacific origin enters the South China Sea
through Luzon Strait, and from there part of the water continues
southward into the Java Sea and returns to the Pa