Monitoring of generation and propagation of the Kuroshio small meander using sea level data along the southern coast of Japan

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 879-892

  Nagano, Akira ^a   Kawabe, Masaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kuroshio; Large meander; Small meander; South of Japan; Tide gauge data

Indexed keywords

CURRENT MEANDERING; MEANDER; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEA LEVEL;

KUROSHIO REGION; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 10044240588     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-005-5780-7     Document Type: Article

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