{"id":332,"date":"2019-08-20T13:16:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-20T05:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/seats\/?page_id=332"},"modified":"2020-02-03T14:46:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T06:46:59","slug":"%e5%8d%97%e6%b5%b7%e5%9c%b0%e7%90%86%e7%92%b0%e5%a2%83","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/seatsen\/%e9%a6%96%e9%a0%81\/%e5%8d%97%e6%b5%b7%e5%9c%b0%e7%90%86%e7%92%b0%e5%a2%83\/","title":{"rendered":"Study area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The South China Sea  is one of the largest semi-enclosed marginal seas in the world. It covers an area of 3.510<sup>6<\/sup> km<sup>2<\/sup> with an average depth of 1350m although its maximum depth can  reach 5000 m. The main basin of the SCS extends from about 22<sup>o<\/sup>N along the coasts of southern China to about the equator along the Sunda Shelf north of Borneo and from about 105<sup>o<\/sup>E along the coast of the Indo-Chinese Peninsula to 120<sup>o<\/sup>E along the westerncoast of the Philippine islands. Thus, almost the entire sea lies within the tropical zone. The SEATS station is located in the tropical northern SCS at 18<sup>o<\/sup>N, 116<sup>o<\/sup>E in about 3800m of water.(Wong et al., 2002)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/seats\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2019\/08\/MAP-1024x865.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-278\" \/><figcaption><code>The study area. The solid line in the South China Sea (SCS) represents the basin wide cyclonic gyre in the winter. The dashed line indicates the eastward jet off the coast of Vietnam and the anticylonic gyre over the southern half of the sea during the summer. The Kuroshio and its intrusions into the northern South China Sea are also shown schematically around the Luzon Strait. KS\u2014Karimata Strait; LS\u2014Luzon Strait; MS\u2014Mindoro Strait; PS\u2014Philippine Sea; TS\u2014Taiwan Strait. The locations where the major rivers reach the SCS are also shown: C\u2014Chao Phraya; H\u2014Hanjiang; J\u2014Jiulongjiang; P\u2014Pasig River; PR\u2014 Pahang River; R\u2014Rajang River; RR\u2014Red River.(George T.F et al., 2007) <\/code><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South China Sea is one of the largest semi-enclosed &#8230; <a title=\"Study area\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/seatsen\/%e9%a6%96%e9%a0%81\/%e5%8d%97%e6%b5%b7%e5%9c%b0%e7%90%86%e7%92%b0%e5%a2%83\/\">\u95b1\u8b80\u66f4\u591a <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Study area<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":52,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-332","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/seatsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/seatsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/seatsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/seatsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/seatsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/seatsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":638,"href":"https:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/seatsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/332\/revisions\/638"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/seatsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.odb.ntu.edu.tw\/seatsen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}