Seasonal and interannual variations in the East Sakhalin Current revealed by TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-183

  Ebuchi, Naoto ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

East Sakhalin Current; Satellite altimetry; Sea of Okhotsk; TOPEX POSEIDON

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CURRENT; CURRENT VELOCITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 33645061789     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0042-x     Document Type: Article

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