Uncertainty reduction of estimated geostrophic volume transports with altimeter observations East of Taiwan

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 251-257

  Yang, Yih ^a   Liu, Cho Teng ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Altimeter; Hydrography; Kuroshio; Taiwan current; WOCE PR20

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; CURRENT VELOCITY; EDDY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; OCEANIC CURRENT; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038078730     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025503624314     Document Type: Article

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