The turnstile mechanism across the Kuroshio current: Analysis of dynamics in altimeter velocity fields

Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 103-111

  Mendoza, C ^a   Mancho, A M ^a   Rio, M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CLS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTIMETER; DATA SET; MIXING RATIO; OCEANIC CURRENT; SATELLITE DATA; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VELOCITY PROFILE; VISUALIZATION; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MASS;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77952983698     PISSN: 10235809     EISSN: 16077946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/npg-17-103-2010     Document Type: Article

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