Transport and modification processes of dense shelf water revealed by long-term moorings off Sakhalin in the Sea of Okhotsk

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1-16

  Fukamachi, Yasushi ^a   Mizuta, Genta ^a   Ohshima, Kay I ^a   Talley, Lynne D ^b   Riser, Stephen C ^c   Wakatsuchi, Masaaki ^a,d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dense shelf water; Mooring; Sea of Okhotsk

Indexed keywords

BRINE; DENSE WATER;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK; WORLD;

EID: 22944492989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JC001906     Document Type: Article

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