Interdecadal variability of the early summer surface heat flux in the Kuroshio region and its impact on the Baiu frontal activity

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Tomita, Tomohiko ^a,b   Sato, Hiroyasu ^a   Nonaka, Masami ^b   Hara, Masayuki ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KUROSHIO REGION; OCEANIC INTERDECADAL VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE HEAT FLUX;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; FRONTAL FEATURE; HEAT FLUX; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

KUROSHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34447562926     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029676     Document Type: Article

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