Estimates of non-tidal exchange transport between the sea of Okhotsk and the North Pacific

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 489-504

  Katsumata, Katsuro ^a   Yasuda, Ichiro ^b  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

North Pacific; Sea of Okhotsk; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; INFLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEAN BASIN; OUTFLOW; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER MASS;

KURIL ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHALIN; SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 77954904008     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-010-0041-9     Document Type: Article

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