Geostrophy in the intermediate and deep layers of the Kuroshio and its recirculation regions south of Japan

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 291-301

  Kashima, Motohiko ^a   Imawaki, Shiro ^b   Umatani, Shin Ichiro ^b   Uchida, Hiroshi ^c   Hashibe, Yuji ^d   Ichikawa, Hiroshi ^e   Fukasawa, Masao ^c  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d Space Engineering Devmt Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

^e KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ASUKA; Geostrophy; Kuroshio; Moored current meters

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; VERTICAL PROFILE;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0141465210     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025559709293     Document Type: Article

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