Hydrographic structure and transpor of intermediate water in the Kuroshio region off the Boso Peninsula, Japan

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 487-503

  Komatsu, Kosei ^a   Hiroe, Yutaka ^a   Yasuda, Ichiro ^b   Kawasaki, Kiyoshi ^a   Joyce, Terrence M ^c   Bahr, Frank ^c  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrographic structure; Kuroshio; North Pacific Intermediate Water; Volume transport

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIATE WATER; MIXING; OCEANIC CURRENT; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER MASS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; SALINITY;

ASIA; BOSO PENINSULA; CHIBA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; KUROSHIO CURRENT; OYASHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 2942542494     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCE.0000038062.00146.6c     Document Type: Article

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