Formation process of North Pacific Intermediate Water revealed by profiling floats set to drift on 26.7σQ isopycnal surface

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 453-462

  Shimizu, Yugo ^a   Iwao, Takanori ^b   Yasuda, Ichiro ^c   Ito, Shin Ichi ^a   Watanabe, Tomowo ^d   Uehara, Kazuyuki ^e   Shikama, Nobuyuki ^f   Nakano, Toshiya ^g  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b Hakodate Marine Observatory   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d National Institute of Fisheries Science   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^f Frontier Observational Res Syst Gl   (Japan)

^g METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kuroshio; North Pacific Intermediate Water; Oyashio; Profiling float

Indexed keywords

DATA BUOY; FORMATION MECHANISM; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MIXING; OCEANIC CURRENT; WATER MASS; DRIFTER; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; OYASHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 2942602549     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOCE.0000038061.55914.eb     Document Type: Article

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