Characteristics of variations of water properties and density structure around the Kuroshio in the East China Sea

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 605-617

  Oka, Eitarou ^a   Kawabe, Masaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Interannual variation; Isopycnal depth; Kuroshio; Seasonal variation; Water properties

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

EAST CHINA SEA; KUROSHIO CURRENT;

EID: 0032465212     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02823281     Document Type: Article

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