Evidence for the trapping and amplification of near-inertial motions in a large anticyclonic ring in the Oyashio

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 673-682

  Rogachev, Konstantin A ^a   Carmack, Eddy C ^b  

^a IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anticyclonic eddy; Inertial motions; Oyashio current; Warm core ring

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; CURRENT RING; DRIFTER; WARM POOL; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036821654     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022842306586     Document Type: Article

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