Decadal variability of the upper ocean heat content in the East/Japan Sea and its possible relationship to northwestern Pacific variability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Na, Hanna ^a   Kim, Kwang Yul ^a   Chang, Kyung Il ^a   Park, Jong Jin ^b   Kim, Kuh ^a   Minobe, Shoshiro ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DECADAL TIMESCALE; DECADAL VARIABILITY; DOMINANT MODE; EAST/JAPAN SEAS; HOKKAIDO; SEASONAL CYCLE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; UPPER OCEAN; UPPER OCEAN CIRCULATION; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

ENTHALPY;

DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; HEAT BALANCE; ISOTHERM; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TIMESCALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 84863182906     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007369     Document Type: Article

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