Meridional transport of the North Pacific Intermediate Water in the Kuroshio-Oyashio interfrontal zone

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 3445-3448

  Yoshinari, Hiroshi ^a   Yasuda, Ichiro ^b   Ito, Shin Ichi ^c   Firing, Eric ^d   Matsuo, Yutaka ^e   Katoh, Osamu ^f   Shimizu, Yugo ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^f FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; WATER; DOPPLER EFFECT;

MERIDIONAL TRANSPORT;

GEOPHYSICS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

INTERMEDIATE WATER; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

KUROSHIO; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; KUROSHIO WATERS; LOWERED ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; MERIDIONAL TRANSPORT; NORTH PACIFIC;

EID: 0035883339     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012690     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. TOPEX/POSEIDON tides estimated using a global inverse model
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3. Results of CTD and mooring observations Southeast of Hokkaido. 1. Annual velocity and transport variations in the Oyashio
4. Annual and interannual variability in the Kuroshio current system
5. Variations in latitude at the Southern limit of the first Oyashio intrusion
6. Intermediate waters of the Pacific Ocean
7. Distribution and circulation of the coastal Oyashio intrusion
8. Distribution and formation of North Pacific intermediate water
9. North Pacific intermediate water transports in the mixed water region
10. North Pacific intermediate water in the Kuroshio/Oyashio mixed water region
11. The origin of the North Pacific intermediate water
12. Distribution and modification of North Pacific intermediate water in the Kuroshio-Oyashio interfrontal zone
13. Hydrographic structure and transport of the Oyashio South of Hokkaido and the formation of North Pacific intermediate water