Application of singular vector analysis to the Kuroshio large meander

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Fujii, Yosuke ^a   Tsujino, Hiroyuki ^a   Usui, Norihisa ^a   Nakano, Hideyuki ^a   Kamachi, Masafumi ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; TORNADOES; VECTORS;

ANTICYCLONE; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; DOWNWELLING; MEANDER; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PERTURBATION; VECTOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KUROSHIO CURRENT; KYUSHU; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 51749117157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004476     Document Type: Article

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