Short-range prediction experiments of the Kuroshio path variabilities south of Japan

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 56, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 607-623

  Usui, Norihisa ^a   Tsujino, Hiroyuki ^a   Fujii, Yosuke ^a   Kamachi, Masafumi ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Baroclinic instability; Data assimilation; Kuroshio large meander; Kuroshio path; Predictive limit; Short range prediction

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEA LEVEL;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; DATA ASSIMILATION; KUROSHIO LARGE MEANDER; KUROSHIO PATH; PREDICTIVE LIMIT; SHORT-RANGE PREDICTION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

CHAOS THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CURRENT MEANDERING; DATA ASSIMILATION; EDDY; FLOW MODELING; OCEANIC CURRENT; PREDICTION; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 33845920151     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-006-0084-z     Document Type: Article

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