Stable volume and heat transports of the North Pacific subtropical gyre revealed by identifying the Kuroshio in synoptic hydrography south of Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Nagano, Akira ^a   Ichikawa, Kaoru ^a,b   Ichikawa, Hiroshi ^a   Tomita, Hiroyuki ^a   Tokinaga, Hiroki ^a,c   Konda, Masanori ^a,d  

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

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; TROPICS;

FLOW CONDITION; HEAT TRANSPORT; KUROSHIO; MESOSCALE EDDY; NORTH PACIFIC; RECIRCULATION GYRE; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER MASS ANALYSIS;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

GYRE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROGRAPHY; MESOSCALE EDDY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VOLUME TRANSPORT; WATER MASS;

JAPAN; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77956470005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005747     Document Type: Article

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