Observations of the North Equatorial Current, Mindanao Current, and Kuroshio current system during the 2006/07 El Niño and 2007/08 La Niña

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-333

  Kashino, Yuji ^a   España, Norievill ^b   Syamsudin, Fadli ^c   Richards, Kelvin J ^d   Jensen, Tommy ^d,e   Dutrieux, Pierre ^d   Ishida, Akio ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b University of the Philippines Diliman   (Philippines)

^c AGENCY FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY BPPT   (Indonesia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^e STENNIS SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

2006 07 El Ni o; 2007 08La Ni a; Kuroshio; Mindanao Current; North Equatorial Current

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; LA NINA; OCEANIC CURRENT; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; NORTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 65149095119     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-009-0030-z     Document Type: Article

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