Current structure and volume transport of the Soya Warm Current in summer

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-205

  Matsuyama, Masaji ^a   Wadaka, Makiko ^a   Abe, Taizo ^a   Aota, Masaaki ^b   Koike, Yoshio ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Okhotsk Sea Ice Museum Hokkaido   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baroclinic current; Barotropic current; Coastal boundary current; Density front; Soya Warm Current; Temperature front; Volume transport

Indexed keywords

CURRENT; CURRENT VELOCITY; DENSITY FRONT; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN;

EID: 33645080939     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0044-8     Document Type: Article

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