Short-range forecast experiments of the Kuroshio path variabilities south of Japan using TOPEX/Poseidon altimetric data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Komori, Nobumasa ^a   Awaji, Toshiyuki ^a   Ishikawa, Yoichi ^a   Kuragano, Tsurane ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kuroshio; Short range forecast experiment; TOPEX Poseidon altimetry; Variational data assimilation

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETRY; FORECASTING METHOD; GYRE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; TOPEX-POSEIDON; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0038198879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jc001282     Document Type: Article

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