Eddy-mean flow interaction in the kuroshio extension region

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1182-1208

  Waterman, Stephanie ^a,d   Hogg, Nelson G ^b   Jayne, Steven R ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary currents; Eddies; Jets

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CURRENTS; CURRENT METERS; EDDIES; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; EDDY-MEAN FLOW INTERACTION; FEEDBACK EFFECTS; IDEALIZED MODELS; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; JET INSTABILITY; JET STRUCTURE; JET SYSTEMS; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; RECIRCULATIONS; REYNOLDS STRESS; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; VERTICAL STRUCTURES; WAVE RADIATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENTS;

OCEAN CURRENTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

EDDY; JET; KINETIC ENERGY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 79960357272     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4564.1     Document Type: Article

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