Heat budget in the Kuroshio extension region: 1993-99

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3436-3454

  Vivier, Frédéric ^a   Kelly, Kathryn A ^b   Thompson, LuAnne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DIFFUSION;

ADVECTION;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HEAT BUDGET; MIXED LAYER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036984904     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<3436:HBITKE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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