Effects of sea level change on the upstream Kuroshio Current through the Okinawa Trough

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Kao, Shuh Ji ^a,b   Wu, Chau Ron ^c   Hsin, Yi Chia ^c   Dai, Minhan ^d  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; WATER RESOURCES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEEPWATER VENTILATION; VERTICAL WATER EXCHANGE;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

DEEP WATER VENTILATION; FLOW PATTERN; INFLOW; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EAST CHINA SEA; KUROSHIO CURRENT; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33845654773     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026822     Document Type: Article

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