Observations of wind-driven deepening of the surface mixing layer in the Tsushima strait

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 273-279

  Endoh, Takahiro ^a   Matsuno, Takeshi ^a   Yoshikawa, Yutaka ^a   Tatsuyama, Yasuto ^b   Ishizaka, Joji ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE STEEL LTD   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADCP; Dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy (TKE); Mixing layer; Production rate of TKE; Satellite tracked surface drifter; TheTsushima strait; Vertically rising microstructure profiler

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; ADVECTION; CURRENT VELOCITY; DRIFTER; KINETIC ENERGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TURBULENT MIXING; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOREA STRAIT; TSUSHIMA STRAIT;

EID: 62549143558     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-009-0025-9     Document Type: Article

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