Interaction between the trigger meander of the Kuroshio and the abyssal anticyclone over Koshu Seamount as seen in the reanalysis data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Endoh, Takahiro ^a   Hibiya, Toshiyuki ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; COASTAL OCEAN; DOWN-WELLING; KUROSHIO; MODEL RESULTS; REANALYSIS; UPPER OCEAN; VERTICAL VORTEX;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; ANTICYCLONE; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; MEANDER; SEAMOUNT;

EID: 72149119719     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039389     Document Type: Article

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