Variations of Kuroshio geostrophic transport south of Japan estimated from long-term IES observations

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 373-384

  Kakinoki, Koji ^a   Imawaki, Shiro ^a   Uchida, Hiroshi ^b   Nakamura, Hirohiko ^c   Ichikawa, Kaoru ^a,b   Umatani, Shin Ichiro ^a   Nishina, Ayako ^c   Ichikawa, Hiroshi ^b   Wimbush, Mark ^d  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

ASUKA; Geostrophic transport; Inverted echo sounder; Kuroshio; Satellite altimetry; Seasonal variation; Steric height

Indexed keywords

ECHO SOUNDER; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; HYDROGRAPHY; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 42649088755     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-008-0030-4     Document Type: Article

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