Evolution and decay of a warm-core ring within the western subarctic gyre of the North Pacific, as observed by profiling floats

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 281-293

  Itoh, Sachihiko ^a   Shimizu, Yugo ^b   Ito, Shin ichi ^b   Yasuda, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTRAINMENT; GYRE; HYDROGRAPHY; ISOPYCNAL LAYER; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXED LAYER; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SHOALING WAVE; SUBARCTIC REGION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); SEA OF OKHOTSK;

EID: 79959876497     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-011-0027-2     Document Type: Article

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