Sea surface temperature fronts in the East (Japan) Sea and temporal variations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Park, Kyung Ae ^a   Chung, Jong Yul ^a   Kim, Kuh ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); EDDY CURRENTS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SPATIAL PATTERNS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIFURCATION; OCEANIC FRONT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 3042698502     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019424     Document Type: Article

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