Characteristics of mesoscale eddies in the Kuroshio-Oyashio extension region detected from the distribution of the sea surface height anomaly

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1018-1034

  Itoh, Sachihiko ^a   Yasuda, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Currents; Eddies; Mesoscale systems; Pacific Ocean; Topographic effects

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; EDDIES; MESO-SCALE SYSTEMS; PACIFIC OCEAN; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

AMPLITUDE; ANTICYCLONE; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEAT FLUX; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; VORTICITY;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; OYASHIO REGION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77955647625     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JPO4265.1     Document Type: Article

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