Formation rate of water masses in the Japan Sea

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 243-253

  Kawamura, Hideyuki ^a   Yoon, Jong Hwan ^b   Ito, Toshimichi ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annual formation rate; Japan sea iIntermediate water; Particle trajectory experiment; Turn overtime; Upper portion of the Japan Sea Proper Water

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION MODELING; INTERMEDIATE WATER; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 33847773682     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-007-0025-6     Document Type: Article

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