Spreading and salinity change of North Pacific Tropical Water in the Philippine Sea

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 439-452

  Li, Yuanlong ^a,b   Wang, Fan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Kuroshio; Mesoscale eddies; Mindanao current; Mixing; NEC bifurcation; North Pacific Tropical Water; Philippine Sea

Indexed keywords

ARGO; MESOSCALE EDDY; MIXING; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THERMOCLINE; WATER MASS;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; MINDANAO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINE SEA;

EID: 84861589076     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-012-0110-3     Document Type: Article

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