Stable paths of the Kuroshio south of Japan determined by the wind stress field

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Kurogi, Masao ^a   Akitomo, Kazunori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kuroshio paths; Numerical model; Wind stress field

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 1642562761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jc001853     Document Type: Article

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