Two processes by which short-period fluctuations in the meander of the Kuroshio affect its countercurrent

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 745-754

  Kimura, S ^a   Sugimoto, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Continental shelf wave; Countercurrent; Gulf Stream; Kuroshio; Small scale meander

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; MEANDER; TEMPERATURE;

JAPAN; KUROSHIO;

EID: 0033961039     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-0637(99)00067-9     Document Type: Article

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