Zonally asymmetric response of the Japan Sea to synoptic pressure forcing

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 909-916

  Inazu, Daisuke ^a   Hirose, Naoki ^b   Kizu, Shoichi ^a   Hanawa, Kimio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barometric response; Interbasin water exchange; Japan Sea; Sea level; Synoptic atmospheric pressure forcing; Zonal asymmetry

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; MODEL; PRESSURE EFFECT; SEA LEVEL; WATER EXCHANGE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 33751000723     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-006-0108-9     Document Type: Article

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