Kuroshio path variation south of Japan: Stability of the paths in a multiple equilibrium regime

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-142

  Akitomo, Kazunori ^a   Masuda, Shuhei ^a   Awaji, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bimodality; Path variation; Short term changes of velocity; The Kuroshio

Indexed keywords

BIMODALITY; CURRENT VELOCITY; PATH VARIATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

PACIFIC, KUROSHIO CURRENT;

EID: 0030879903     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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