Dynamics of the Coastal Oyashio and its seasonal variation in a high-resolution western North Pacific Ocean model

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1283-1301

  Sakamoto, Kei ^a,b   Tsujino, Hiroyuki ^a   Nishikawa, Shiro ^a,b   Nakano, Hideyuki ^a   Motoi, Tatsuo ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coastal flows; Currents; Dynamics; North Pacific Ocean; Ocean circulation; Ocean models; Seasonal effects

Indexed keywords

COASTAL FLOW; CURRENTS; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN CIRCULATION; OCEAN MODEL; SEASONAL EFFECTS;

DYNAMICS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL CURRENT; COASTAL WATER; INFLOW; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF BREAK;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT; OYASHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 77955651683     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4307.1     Document Type: Article

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