Velocity structures and transports of the Kuroshio and the Ryukyu current during fall of 2000 estimated by an inverse technique

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 587-596

  Zhu, Xiao Hua ^a,b   Park, Jae Hun ^c   Kaneko, Ikuo ^a,d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Inverse technique; Kuroshio; Ryukyu Current; Subsurface velocity core; Volume transport

Indexed keywords

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; OCEANIC CURRENT; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY STRUCTURE; WATER MASS;

ASIA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KUROSHIO CURRENT; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EID: 33746082386     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0078-y     Document Type: Article

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