Subinertial to interannual transport variations in the Korea Strait and their possible mechanisms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 110, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-17

  Lyu, Sang Jin ^a,b   Kim, Kuh ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; WATER WAVES; WIND STRESS;

OCEANIC CIRCULATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA STRAIT;

EID: 31644445831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JC002651     Document Type: Article

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