Blocking of the Kuroshio large meander by baroclinic interaction with the Izu Ridge

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2042-2059

  Mitsudera, Humio ^a   Taguchi, Bunmei ^b   Waseda, Takuji ^c   Yoshikawa, Yasushi ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STREAM FLOW; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BAROCLINIC INTERACTION; BAROCLINICITY; MEANDER; RIDGE; ROSSBY WAVES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; MEANDER; ROSSBY WAVE; SLOPE; TORQUE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

IZU RIDGE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33845796170     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2945.1     Document Type: Article

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