A nonlinear theory of the kuroshio extension bimodality

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2212-2229

  Pierini, Stefano ^a   Dijkstra, Henk A ^b   Riccio, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER DATA; BIMODAL BEHAVIOR; CLIMATOLOGICAL WINDS; DATA SETS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; DYNAMICAL FEATURES; FINITE-TIME LYAPUNOV EXPONENT; HOMOCLINIC BIFURCATIONS; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; LAGRANGIAN; LOW FREQUENCY VARIABILITY; MINIMAL MODEL; MODEL RESULTS; NON-LINEAR THEORY; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; PROCESS-ORIENTED MODEL; RELAXATION OSCILLATION; SPATIO-TEMPORAL CHARACTER; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TIME VARYING; WIND FORCING;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OSCILLATING FLOW; TIME SERIES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CHAOS THEORY; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATING FLOW; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER FLOW; WIND FORCING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 73949136788     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4181.1     Document Type: Article

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