Variability of current structure due to meso-scale eddies on the bottom slope southeast of Okinawa Island

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1089-1099

  Konda, Masanori ^a,b   Ichikawa, Hiroshi ^a,c   Han, In Seong ^a,e   Zhu, Xiao Hua ^a   Ichikawa, Kaoru ^a,d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ADCP; Bottom intensification; Bottom topography; Kuroshio; Meso scale eddy; PIES

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; BOTTOM TOPOGRAPHY; MESOSCALE EDDY;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 31444450357     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0024-z     Document Type: Article

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