Seasonal volume transport variation and origin of the Tsushima Warm Current

Ocean and Polar Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 193-205

  You, Sung Hyup ^a   Yoon, Jong Hwan ^b  

^a Meteorological Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mixed Kuroshio Taiwan Warm Current (MKT); Modified Kuroshio Water (MKW); Taiwan Warm Current (TWWC); Tsushima Warm Current(TSWC)

Indexed keywords

MODELING; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KUROSHIO CURRENT; KYUSHU; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; TSUSHIMA CURRENT;

EID: 47949106902     PISSN: 1598141X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4217/OPR.2008.30.2.193     Document Type: Article

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