A model simulation on the circulation in the Sea of Okhotsk and the East Sakhalin Current

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Simizu, Daisuke ^a,b   Ohshima, Kay I ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOORING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WIND STRESS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

EAST SAKHALIN CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 33745866541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC002980     Document Type: Article

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