Evidence of vertical coupling between the kuroshio extension and topographically controlled deep eddies

Journal of Marine Research

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 719-747

  Greene, Andrew D ^a   Randolph Watts, D ^b   Sutyrin, Georgi G ^b   Sasaki, Hideharu ^c  

^a NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC MOTION; BAROTROPIC WAVE; DEEP SEA; EDDY; HIGH PRESSURE; JET; LOW PRESSURE; OCEANIC CURRENT; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; UPPER OCEAN;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84877668590     PISSN: 00222402     EISSN: 15439542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1357/002224012806290723     Document Type: Article

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