Seasonal and interannual variability of the North Korean Cold Current in the East Sea reanalysis data

Ocean and Polar Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-31

  Kim, Young Ho ^a   Min, Hong Sik ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

East Sea; East Sea Regional Ocean Model; Inter annual variation; North Korean Cold Current; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CURRENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 42149139506     PISSN: 1598141X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4217/OPR.2008.30.1.021     Document Type: Article

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