Near-surface circulation and tidal currents of the Okhotsk Sea observed with satellite-tracked drifters

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Ohshima, Kay I ^a   Wakatsuchi, Masaaki ^a   Fukamachi, Yasushi ^a   Mizuta, Genta ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bussol' Strait; Diurnal shelf wave; East Sakhalin Current; Kashevarov Bank; Sea of Okhotsk; Surface drifter

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENT; COASTAL CIRCULATION; DRIFTER; SHELF WAVE; TIDAL CURRENT;

SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 0037113477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc001005     Document Type: Article

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