Quasi-stationary jets transporting surface warm waters across the transition zone between the subtropical and the subarctic gyres in the North Pacific

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Isoguchi, Osamu ^a   Kawamura, Hiroshi ^a   Oka, Eitarou ^b,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JETS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALINE WATER; SURFACE WATERS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; GYRE; HYDROGRAPHY; JET FLOW; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SURFACE WATER; WARM WATER; WATER FLOW;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 33845624619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003402     Document Type: Article

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