Spatial and temporal variations of the Kuroshio east of Taiwan 1982-2005: A numerical study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Hsin, Yi Chia ^a   Wu, Chau Ron ^a   Shaw, Ping Tung ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

COUNTERCURRENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHELF BREAK; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); RYUKYU ISLANDS; TAIWAN;

EID: 46849101243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004485     Document Type: Article

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