Transport of Oyashio water across the Subarctic Front into the mixed region and formation of NPIW

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 855-869

  Masujima, Masachika ^a   Yasuda, Ichiro ^a   Hiroe, Yutaka ^b   Watanabe, Tomowo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CTD; L ADCP; Mixed Water Region; NPIW; Oyashio; Subarctic front

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MIXED LAYER; OCEANIC FRONT; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER MASS;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; OYASHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0942299839     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCE.0000009576.09079.f5     Document Type: Article

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