State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics;
Second Institute of Oceanography;
Ministry of Natural Resources;
Hangzhou 310012;
China;
Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory(Zhuhai);
Zhuhai 519080;
China;
School of Oceanography;
Shanghai Jiao Tong University;
Shanghai 200030;
China;
Ocean College;
Zhejiang University;
Zhoushan 316021;
China;
South China Sea; circulation; numerical model; cross-continental slope current; seasonality of cross-continental slope current;