Profiling float measurements of the recirculation gyre south of the Kuroshio Extension in May to November 2004

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Chen, Shuiming ^a   Qiu, Bo ^a   Hacker, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

BAROCLINIC MODE; BAROTROPIC MODE; ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GYRE; SALINITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VERTICAL PROFILE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 41049091221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC004005     Document Type: Article

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