Effect of decadal kuroshio extension jet and eddy variability on the modification of north pacific intermediate water

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 503-515

  Qiu, Bo ^a   Chen, Shuiming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Currents; Decadal variability; Eddies; Jets; Pacific Ocean; Salinity

Indexed keywords

CURRENTS; DECADAL VARIABILITY; EDDIES; PACIFIC OCEAN; SALINITY;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; HYDROPHILICITY; OCEAN CURRENTS;

SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EDDY; HYDROGRAPHY; INTERMEDIATE WATER; JET; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CURRENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 79954997853     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4575.1     Document Type: Article

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