Surface Kuroshio path in the Luzon Strait area derived from satellite remote sensing data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Yuan, Dongliang ^a,b   Han, Weiqing ^c   Hu, Dunxin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING;

ALTIMETER; ANTICYCLONE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; OCEAN COLOR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; KUROSHIO CURRENT; LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 34548549309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JC003412     Document Type: Article

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