The Kuroshio Extension and its recirculation gyres

Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2088-2099

  Jayne, Steven R ^a   Hogg, Nelson G ^b   Waterman, Stephanie N ^c   Rainville, Luc ^d   Donohue, Kathleen A ^e   Randolph Watts, D ^e   Tracey, Karen L ^e   McClean, Julie L ^f   Maltrud, Mathew E ^g   Qiu, Bo ^h   Chen, Shuiming ^h   Hacker, Peter ^h  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Current meter; Floats; Inverted echo sounders; Kuroshio; Recirculation; Western boundary currents

Indexed keywords

CURRENT METERS; ECHO SOUNDERS; KUROSHIO; RECIRCULATIONS; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; JETS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ECHO SOUNDER; FLOATING BODY; GYRE; JET STREAM; MAGNITUDE; MEANDER; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 71849102907     PISSN: 09670637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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