The behavior and the role of the anti-cyclonic eddy in the Kuroshio large meander development

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-114

  Sakaida, Futoki ^a   Egusa, Daisuke ^b   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY OF MERCANTILE MARINE   (Japan)

^b ZUKEN Inc   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti cyclonic eddy; Kuroshio; Large meander development; Satellite SST images

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC MOTION; CURRENTS; EDDIES; MEANDERING; SATELLITE DATA; WATER MASS; WATER MOTION;

PACIFIC, KUROSHIO CURRENT;

EID: 0031814553     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02744384     Document Type: Article

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