Seasonal transport variations of the Kuroshio: An OGCM simulation

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 403-418

  Kagimoto, Takashi ^a   Yamagata, Toshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OGCM; SEASONAL VARIATIONS; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

PACIFIC, KUROSHIO CURRENT;

EID: 0030865058     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1997)027<0403:STVOTK>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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