Numerical study of the dynamics of the Ryukyu Current system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

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

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; TOPOGRAPHY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BAROCLINIC MODE; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); RYUKYU ISLANDS;

EID: 34250752763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003595     Document Type: Article

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