Review of recent findings on the water masses and circulation in the East Sea (Sea of Japan)

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 721-735

  Kim, Kuh ^a   Chang, Kyung Il ^a   Kang, Dong Jin ^a   Kim, Young Ho ^b   Lee, Jae Hak ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biogeochemical tracers; Circulation; Numerical modeling; Sea of Japan; Warming; Water mass

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERMEDIATE WATER; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; TRACER; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; ULLEUNG BASIN;

EID: 52949099891     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-008-0061-x     Document Type: Review

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