Numerical study on the Kuroshio path states in the northern Okinawa Trough of the East China Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Nakamura, Hirohiko ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DIRECTION; CYCLOGENESIS; INSTABILITY; OCEANIC CURRENT;

EAST CHINA SEA; KUROSHIO CURRENT; OCEANIC REGIONS; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 21244455539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002656     Document Type: Article

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