Effect of meridional wind on gap-leaping western boundary current

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 354-358

  Wang, Zheng ^a,b,c   Yuan, Dongliang ^a,b   Hou, Yijun ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

hysteresis; Kuroshio; Luzon Strait; meridional winds

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955488334     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-010-9281-1     Document Type: Article

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