Seasonal transport variations of the wind-driven ocean circulation in a two-layer planetary geostrophic model with a continental slope

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 261-284

  Sakamoto, Toshihiro ^a   Yamagata, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM RELIEF; CIRCULATION MODELLING; SEASONAL TRANSPORT VARIATIONS; SVERDRUP TRANSPORT; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC, KUROSHIO CURRENT;

EID: 0029730139     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240963213402     Document Type: Article

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