Interannual to interdecadal variability in the Japan Sea based on a new gridded upper water temperature dataset

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2382-2397

  Minobe, Shoshiro ^a,b   Sako, Akinori ^a,c   Nakamura, Makoto ^a,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c Alpha Hydraulic Engineering Consultants Co Ltd   (Japan)

^d IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INTERPOLATION; SEA LEVEL; WATER;

INTERDECADAL VARIABILITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURES (SLP); SUBPOLAR FRONTS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DECADAL VARIATION; POLAR FRONT; WATER MASS; WATER TEMPERATURE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 11844271427     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2627.1     Document Type: Article

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