Japan Sea thermohaline structure and circulation. Part III: Autocorrelation functions

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3596-3615

  Chu, Peter C ^a   Guihua, Wang ^b   Chen, Yuchun ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^c Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; QUALITY CONTROL; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

AUTOCORRELATION; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 0036994068     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0485(2002)032<3596:JSTSAC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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