Volume transport variability southeast of Okinawa Island estimated from satellite altimeter data

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 953-962

  Zhu, Xiao Hua ^a   Ichikawa, Hiroshi ^a,b   Ichikawa, Kaoru ^a,c   Takeuchi, Kensuke ^a  

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

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Long term monitoring of the volume transport; Mesoscale eddy; Satellite altimeter; Southeast of Okinawa; Volume transport

Indexed keywords

SATELLITE DATA; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; WORLD;

EID: 22844435222     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-005-0004-8     Document Type: Article

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