The Subpolar Front of the Japan/East Sea. Part III: Competing Roles of Frontal Dynamics and Atmospheric Forcing in Driving Ageostrophic Vertical Circulation and Subduction

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 991-1011

  Yoshikawa, Yutaka ^a   Lee, Craig M ^b   Thomas, Leif N ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; DOWN-FRONT WINDS; INTERNAL GRAVITY WAVES; JAPAN/EAST SEAS; SUBPOLAR FRONTS; SURFACE COOLING; VERTICAL CIRCULATION; VERTICAL MIXING;

OCEANOGRAPHY; SURFACE WATERS; WIND; WIND STRESS;

COOLING;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; COOLING; FRONTOGENESIS; GRAVITY WAVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC FRONT; VERTICAL MIXING; WIND FORCING; WIND STRESS; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 84864497931     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: 15200485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO-D-11-0154.1     Document Type: Article

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