Decadal changes in the North Pacific oceanic frontal zones as revealed in ship and satellite observations

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Nakamura, Hisashi ^a,b   Kazmin, Alexander S ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SHIRSHOV INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Decadal variability; Oceanic front; Satellite measurements; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DECADAL VARIATION; OCEANIC FRONT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

(NORTH); PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0142028686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jc000085     Document Type: Article

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