Low-frequency variability of the Kuroshio Extension

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 665-675

  Pierini, S ^a   Dijkstra, H A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ROSSBY WAVE; WIND WAVE;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77949510090     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-16-665-2009     Document Type: Article

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