Interannual to decadal variability of the Kuroshio Current in the East China Sea from 1955 to 2010 as indicated by in-situ hydrographic data

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 571-589

  Wei, Yanzhou ^a   Huang, Daji ^a,b   Zhu, Xiao Hua ^a,b  

^a Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

East China Sea; Empirical orthogonal function; Interannual to decadal variability; Kuroshio Current; Regression data gridding; Temporal and spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYDROGRAPHY; OCEANIC CURRENT; SALINITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

EAST CHINA SEA; JAPAN; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; RYUKYU ISLANDS; TOKARA STRAIT;

EID: 84884908288     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-013-0193-5     Document Type: Article

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