Trajectory of mesoscale eddies in the Kuroshio recirculation region

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 471-480

  Ebuchi, Naoto ^a   Hanawa, Kimio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kuroshio recirculation; Mesoscale eddy; Remote sensing; Satellite altimetry

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TRAJECTORY; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034770434     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021293822277     Document Type: Article

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