Evidence of bottom-trapped currents in the Kuroshio Extension region

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 321-328

  Bishop, Stuart P ^a   Watts, D Randolph ^a   Park, Jae Hun ^b   Hogg G , Nelson ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Abyssal circulation; Bottom currents; Currents; Eddies; Mesoscale processes

Indexed keywords

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; ABYSSAL CURRENTS; BOTTOM CURRENT; CURRENT METERS; CURRENT SPEED; EDDIES; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; LATERAL SCALE; LENGTH SCALE; MESOSCALE PROCESS; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOWS; SEA SURFACES; STEEP TOPOGRAPHY; STREAMFUNCTIONS; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES;

MOORING; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ABYSSAL CIRCULATION; BOTTOM CURRENT; EDDY; MESOSCALE MOTION; PRESSURE EFFECT; QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC FLOW;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84863230527     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0144.1     Document Type: Article

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