The shedding of mesoscale anticyclonic eddies from the Alaskan Stream and westward transport of warm water

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 23-26, 2007, Pages 2643-2656

  Rogachev, Konstantin ^a   Shlyk, Natalya ^a   Carmack, Eddy ^b  

^a IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alaskan Stream; Kamchatka Current; Mesoscale eddies; Zonal jet

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; MARINE ENGINEERING; SALINE WATER; SEA LEVEL;

ALASKAN STREAM; KAMCHATKA CURRENT; MESOSCALE EDDIES; ZONAL JETS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANTICYCLONE; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CURRENT; REMOTE SENSING; STREAMFLOW; WATER FLOW; WATER TEMPERATURE; WOCE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBARCTIC); UNITED STATES;

EID: 36749040741     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.08.017     Document Type: Article

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