Unusual behavior of the Kuroshio Current System from winter 1996 to summer 1997 revealed by ADEOS-OCTS and other data - Suggestion of topographically forced alternating-jet instability

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 465-478

  Toba, Yoshiaki ^a,b   Murakami, Hiroshi ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADEOS OCTS; Bottom topography; Izu Ogasawara Ridge; NOAA AVHRR; SST Chlorophyll Diagram (T Chl Diagram); The Kuroshio; The Kuroshio Extension; Topographically forced alternating jet instability (AJI); Vortex pair

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; JET FLOW; SATELLITE DATA; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0032466841     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02742449     Document Type: Article

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