Drifter observations of anticyclonic eddies near Bussol' strait, the Kuril Islands

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 661-671

  Rabinovich, Alexander B ^a,b   Thomson, Richard E ^a   Bograd, Steven J ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bussol' Strait; Inertial currents; Kuril Kamchatka Trench; Satellite drifters

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; CURRENT VELOCITY; DRIFTER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MESOSCALE EDDY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0036821298     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022890222516     Document Type: Article

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