Kuroshio path meander between the continental slope and the Tokara Strait in the East China Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2003, Pages

  Nakamura, Hirohiko ^a   Ichikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Nishina, Ayako ^a   Lie, Heung Jae ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bimodality; East China Sea; Frontal instability; Kuroshio; Meander; Variability

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CURRENT MEANDERING; DRIFTER; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

EAST CHINA SEA; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1542376800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jc001450     Document Type: Article

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