Structure of the Tsushima Warm Current in the northeastern Japan Sea

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 527-538

  Watanabe, Tatsuro ^a   Katoh, Osamu ^a   Yamada, Haruya ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADCP; Japan Sea; Tsushima Warm Current

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC FRONT; THERMOHALINE STRUCTURE; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 33746061196     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0073-3     Document Type: Article

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