Progress of North Pacific mode water research in the past decade

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-20

  Oka, Eitarou ^a   Qiu, Bo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate and biogeochemical impacts; Eddy modifications; Mode waters; North Pacific; Physical oceanography; Seasonal to decadal variability

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECADAL VARIATION; EDDY; MODE WATER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; RESEARCH; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84856218652     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-011-0032-5     Document Type: Review

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