Kuroshio meanders in the East China Sea

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-272

  James, Charles ^a,c   Wimbush, Mark ^a   Ichikawa, Hiroshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT MEANDERING; SHELF SEA; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

EAST CHINA SEA;

EID: 0032698492     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(1999)029<0259:KMITEC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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