Numerical experiments of the influences of the transport variation through the Korea Strait on the Japan/East Sea upper layer circulation

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 155-165

  Park, Sunghyea ^a   Suk, Moon Sik ^a   An, Hui Soo ^b  

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

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Inflow transport variation; The Japan Sea; The Korea Strait; Upper layer circulation

Indexed keywords

OCEANIC CIRCULATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA STRAIT; WORLD;

EID: 22844450445     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-005-0028-0     Document Type: Article

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