Seasonal variations in the sea off Sanriku Coast, Japan

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 825-835

  Oguma, Sachiko ^a   Suzuki, Toru ^a   Nagata, Yutaka ^a  

^a The Marine Information Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

First Branch of the Oyashio; Kuroshio water; Mixed Water Region; Oyashio water; Seasonal variation; The sea off Sanriku; Tsugaru current

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC FRONT; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER MASS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0036995363     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022823213855     Document Type: Article

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