"Eddy resolving" observation of the North Pacific subtropical mode water

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 666-681

  Oka, Eitarou ^a   Suga, Toshio ^b,c   Sukigara, Chiho ^b,d   Toyama, Katsuya ^b   Shimada, Keishi ^e,f   Yoshida, Jiro ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eddies; Ocean Circulation; Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION; EDDIES; EDDY ACTIVITY; EDDY TRANSPORTS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROGRAPHIC DATA; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE STRUCTURE; NORTH PACIFIC; OCEAN CIRCULATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PROFILING FLOAT; RECIRCULATION GYRE; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATERS; UNIFORM STRUCTURE;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

GYRE; HYDROGRAPHY; MESOSCALE EDDY; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; PYCNOCLINE;

JAPAN; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79955044958     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JPO4501.1     Document Type: Article

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