The Kuroshio Extension system: Its large-scale variability and role in the midlatitude ocean-atmosphere interaction

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-75

  Qiu, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Kuroshio Extension; Midlatitude ocean atmosphere coupling; Mixed layer heat balance; Obduction; Recirculation gyre

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HEAT BALANCE; MIXED LAYER; OBDUCTION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036275278     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015824717293     Document Type: Article

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