Model study of flow conditions causing the large meander of the Kuroshio South of Japan

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2449-2461

  Kawabe, Masaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT MEANDERING; FLOW CONDITIONS; MODEL; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

PACIFIC, KUROSHIO CURRENT;

EID: 0030404337     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1996)026<2449:MSOFCC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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