Recent advances in ocean-circulation research on the Yellow Sea and East China Sea shelves

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 569-584

  Isobe, Atsuhiko ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cheju warm current; China coastal current; East China Sea; Taiwan warm current; Tsushima warm current; Yellow Sea; Yellow sea warm current

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COASTAL CURRENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; SHELF BREAK; THROUGHFLOW; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; TAIWAN STRAIT; TSUSHIMA CURRENT; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 52249093556     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-008-0048-7     Document Type: Review

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