Intrusion of less saline shelf water into the Kuroshio subsurface layer in the East China Sea

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 853-863

  Isobe, Atsuhiko ^a   Fujiwara, Eiji ^a   Chang, Pil Hun ^a   Sugimatsu, Koichi ^b   Shimizu, Manabu ^c   Matsuno, Takeshi ^d   Manda, Atsuyoshi ^e  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Environ Consultant for Ocean/Human   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Kuroshio frontal eddy; Salinity inversion

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; PYCNOCLINE; SALINE INTRUSION; SHELF SEA;

EAST CHINA SEA; KUROSHIO REGION; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 10044226186     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-005-5778-1     Document Type: Article

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