Subduction of North Pacific central mode water associated with subsurface mesoscale eddy

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Oka, Eitarou ^a   Toyama, Katsuya ^b   Suga, Toshio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; CENTRAL MODE WATERS; HIGH-DENSITY; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; NORTH PACIFIC; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PROFILING FLOAT; SUBSURFACE MESOSCALE EDDY; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

ADVECTION; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ANTICYCLONE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GYRE; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MESOSCALE EDDY; PYCNOCLINE; SUBDUCTION; VORTICITY;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67449122821     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL037540     Document Type: Article

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