Predictability of interannual variability in the Kuroshio transport south of Japan based on wind stress data over the North Pacific

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 283-291

  Tanaka, Kiyoshi ^a   Ikeda, Motoyoshi ^b   Masumoto, Yukio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interannual variability; Kuroshio transport; Predictability; Wind stress data

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PREDICTION; WIND STRESS; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 2942571061     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCE.0000038334.86069.ea     Document Type: Article

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