Current variability of the Kuroshio near the separation point from the western boundary

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Itoh, S ^a   Sugimoto, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; KINETIC ENERGY; MOORING; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CURRENT DIRECTION; CURRENT VELOCITY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INTERMEDIATE WATER; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEANIC CURRENT; PHASE VELOCITY; POTENTIAL FLOW; WAVELENGTH; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF STREAM; KUROSHIO CURRENT; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 58949085653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JC004682     Document Type: Article

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