Seasonal axis migration of the upstream Kuroshio Extension associated with standing oscillations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C8, 2001, Pages 16685-16692

  Tatebe, Hiroaki ^a   Yasuda, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT MEANDERING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034826867     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000467     Document Type: Article

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