Mean transport and seasonal cycle of the Kuroshio east of Taiwan with comparison to the Florida Current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 106, Issue C10, 2001, Pages 22143-22158

  Lee, Thomas N ^a   Johns, William E ^a   Liu, Cho Teng ^b   Zhang, Dongxiao ^a   Zantopp, Rainer ^a   Yang, Yih ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; FLOW STRUCTURE; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

(NORTHWEST); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035175117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000535     Document Type: Review

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