Effect of the along-strait wind on the volume transport through the Tsushima/Korea Strait in September

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-29

  Moon, Jae Hong ^a   Hirose, Naoki ^b   Yoon, Jong Hwan ^b   Pang, Ig Chan ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Along strait wind; Sensitivity experiments; Tsushima Korea Strait; Volume transport

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WIND FORCING;

ASIA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOREA STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN; TSUSHIMA STRAIT;

EID: 58149194721     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-009-0002-3     Document Type: Article

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