Transition to the Large Meander path of the Kuroshio as observed by satellite altimetry

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Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 19-27

  Ambe, Daisuke ^a   Endoh, Takahiro ^b   Hibiya, Toshiyuki ^c   Imawaki, Shiro ^d  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Koshu Seamount; Kuroshio Large Meander; Satellite altimetry; Trigger Meander

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; MEANDER; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEAMOUNT; TOPEX-POSEIDON;

JAPAN; KWANGJU [KWANGJU (ADS)]; KWANGJU [SOUTH KOREA]; KYUSHU; SHIKOKU; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 72149111326     PISSN: 05031540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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