Surface current structure of the Tsushima Warm Current region in the Japan Sea derived by satellite-tracked surface drifters

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 791-801

  Watanabe, Tatsuro ^a   Simizu, Daisuke ^a   Nishiuchi, Kou ^b   Hasegawa, Toru ^b   Katoh, Osamu ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eddy kinetic energy; Japan Sea; Kinetic energy; Satellite tracked surface drifter; Tsushima Warm Current

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DRIFTER; EDDY; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONALITY;

ASIA; CHUGOKU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; OKI ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; SHIMANE;

EID: 70949105376     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-009-0066-0     Document Type: Article

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