Diagnosing long-term trends of the water mass properties in the East Sea (Sea of Japan)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Kwon, Young Oh ^a   Kim, Kuh ^b   Kim, Young Gyu ^c   Kim, Kyung Ryul ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Agency for Defence Development   (South Korea)

Author keywords

1635 Global Change: Oceans (4203); 4215 Oceanography: General: Climate and interannual variability (3309); 4243 Oceanography: General: Marginal and semienclosed seas; 4271 Oceanography: General: Physical and chemical properties of seawater; 4283 Oceanography: General: Water masses

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OXYGEN; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EAST SEA, JAPAN; SEA WATER CIRCULATION;

SEAWATER;

INTERMEDIATE WATER; OXYGEN; SALINITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER MASS;

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

EID: 11844294632     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020881     Document Type: Article

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