Anticyclonic eddy revealing low sea surface temperature in the sea south of Japan: Case Study of the eddy observed in 1999-2000

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 663-671

  Hosoda, Kohtaro ^a,b   Hanawa, Kimio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anticyclonic eddy; Recirculation region; SSH; SST; The Kuroshio

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; MESOSCALE EDDY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 10044262102     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-004-5759-9     Document Type: Article

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