Barotropic response of the Sea of Okhotsk to wind forcing

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 851-860

  Simizu, Daisuke ^a   Ohshima, Kay I ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrested topographic wave; Barotropic model; East Sakhalin Current; Sea of Okhotsk; Wind induced current

Indexed keywords

BAROTROPIC MODE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 0036991347     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022879314764     Document Type: Article

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