Observations of eddies in the Japan Basin interior

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-246

  Takematsu, Masaki ^a   Ostrovski, Alexander G ^a   Nagano, Zentaro ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticyclonic barotropic eddies; Japan Basin; Mesoscale eddies; Moored current meter data; SST imagery; WOCE drifters

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; MARGINAL SEA; MESOSCALE EDDY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

JAPAN BASIN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 0032734129     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007846114165     Document Type: Article

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