Formation process of the Kuroshio large meander in 2004

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

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

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; PRESSURE; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; VORTICITY; WIND STRESS;

ADVECTION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; BOTTOM PRESSURE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DATA ASSIMILATION; EDDY; MEANDER; PREDICTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; VORTICITY; WIND STRESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU; TOKARA ISLANDS;

EID: 56049119899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004675     Document Type: Article

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