Why does the Kuroshio northeast of Taiwan shift shelfward in winter?

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 413-426

  Oey, Lie Yauw ^a   Hsin, Yi Chia ^b   Wu, Chau Ron ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cooling; Jebar; Kuroshio migration; Model simulation

Indexed keywords

DENSE SHELF WATER; DOWNSLOPE; DOWNSLOPE FLOW; EAST CHINA SEA; KUROSHIO; KUROSHIO MIGRATION; MIGRATION MODEL; SEASONAL SHIFTS; SHELF BREAK; TOPOGRAPHIC SLOPE; VORTEX STRETCHING; WINTER COOLING;

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; COOLING; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; SHELF BREAK; VORTEX FLOW; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER FLOW; WATER MASS;

EAST CHINA SEA; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77954758029     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-009-0259-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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