Eddy activities of the surface layer in the western North Pacific detected by satellite altimeter and radiometer

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 457-474

  Aoki, Shigeru ^a,c   Imawaki, Shiro ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDDIES; EDDY; GEOSAT; RADAR ALTIMETRY; RADIOMETER; SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACE LAYER;

PACIFIC, (NORTHWEST);

EID: 0030474728     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02239049     Document Type: Article

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