Modulation of Kuroshio transport by mesoscale eddies at the Luzon Strait entrance

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2129-2142

  Lien, Ren Chieh ^a   Ma, Barry ^a   Cheng, Yu Hsin ^b   Ho, Chong Ru ^b   Qiu, Bo ^c   Lee, Craig M ^a   Chang, Ming Huei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

AVISO; Eddy; Kuroshio; North Equatorial Current

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL; VORTICITY;

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; AVISO; EDDY; KUROSHIO; NORTH EQUATORIAL CURRENT; RELATIVE VORTICITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STANDARD DEVIATION;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

MESOSCALE EDDY; MOORING SYSTEM; OCEANIC CURRENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VORTICITY;

KUROSHIO CURRENT; LUZON STRAIT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84900523957     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JC009548     Document Type: Article

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