Interannual-to-interdecadal variability of the Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass in 1967-2008: Characteristics and seasonal forcings

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 177-193

  Park, Sunghyea ^a   Chu, Peter C ^a   Lee, Jae Hak ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Interannual to interdecadal variability; Seasonal forcings; Yellow Sea Cold Water Mass

Indexed keywords

ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; ALEUTIAN LOW; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; ASIAN CONTINENT; CLIMATE INDEX; COLD WATERS; DATA SETS; EAST ASIAN JET STREAMS; FORCINGS; INTERANNUAL-TO-INTERDECADAL VARIABILITY; KUROSHIO; OCEANOGRAPHIC DATA; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL FORCINGS; SIBERIAN HIGHS; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC; YELLOW SEA;

OCEAN CURRENTS; SEA LEVEL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ARCTIC OSCILLATION; BOTTOM WATER; COLD WATER; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WATER MASS;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); PACIFIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); UNITED STATES; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 79955964873     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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