Effect of air-sea heat exchange on seasonal transport variation of the Kuroshio

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 579-600

  Sakamoto, Toshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; HEAT FLOW;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; WORLD;

EID: 23944460767     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/0022240054307920     Document Type: Article

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