Velocity field of the Oyashio region observed with satellite-tracked surface drifters during 1999-2000

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 845-855

  Ohshima, Kay I ^a   Wakatsuchi, Masaaki ^a   Saitoh, Sei Ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diurnal shelf wave; Lagrangian statistics; Oyashio; Subarctic Current; Surface drifter; Warm core ring

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VELOCITY; DRIFTER; WARM POOL;

OYASHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 31744444649     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0004-3     Document Type: Article

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