Evidence for a wind-driven intensification of the Kuroshio Current extension from the 1970s to the 1980s

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1697-1706

  Deser, Clara ^a   Alexander, Michael A ^b   Timlin, Michael S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; WATER WAVES; WIND STRESS;

KUROSHIO CURRENT EXTENSION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; WIND STRESS CURL PATTERN;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; WIND STRESS;

EID: 0032722691     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<1697:EFAWDI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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