Temporal variations of the net Kuroshio transport and its relation to atmospheric variations

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 611-619

  Sugimoto, Shusaku ^a   Hanawa, Kimio ^a   Narikiyo, Kumiko ^a   Fujimori, Megumi ^a   Suga, Toshio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aleutian Low; decadal timescale; Net Kuroshio Transport; West Pacific teleconnection pattern

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; BAROCLINIC WAVE; DECADAL VARIATION; EDDY; HYDROGRAPHY; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; LOW PRESSURE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CURRENT; ROSSBY WAVE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

JAPAN; NEW GUINEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 77956815432     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-010-0050-8     Document Type: Article

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