A study on wind-driven circulation in the subarctic North Pacific using TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C6, 1997, Pages 12457-12468

  Isoguchi, Osamu ^a   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^a   Kono, Tokihiro ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; ECMWF; EOF; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SURFACE HEIGHT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPEX/POSEIDON; WIND DRIVEN CIRCULATION; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC, (NORTH);

EID: 0030807832     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00447     Document Type: Article

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