Formation of 26.8-26.9 σθ water in the Kuril Basin of the Sea of Okhotsk as a possible origin of North Pacific Intermediate Water

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 103, Issue C2, 1998, Pages 2849-2865

  Watanabe, Tatsuro ^a,b   Wakatsuchi, Masaaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SALINITY; WATER MASSES;

KURIL BASIN; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 0032519250     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jc02914     Document Type: Article

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