Time-frequency variability of Kuroshio meanders in Tokara Strait

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Nakamura, Hirohiko ^a   Yamashiro, Toru ^a   Nishina, Ayako ^a   Ichikawa, Hiroshi ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

AMPLITUDES; KUROSHIO MEANDERS; TIME-FREQUENCY VARIABILITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; TOKARA STRAIT;

EID: 34248527656     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027516     Document Type: Article

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