Long-term variations of North Pacific Tropical Water along the 137°E repeat hydrographic section

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 229-238

  Nakano, Toshiya ^a,b   Kitamura, Tomoyuki ^a,b   Sugimoto, Shusaku ^c   Suga, Toshio ^c   Kamachi, Masafumi ^b  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decadal variability; Eddy activity; Flesh water flux; JMA 137 E meridian; North Pacific Tropical Water

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; EDDY; EKMAN PUMPING; EVAPORATION; HYDROGRAPHY; SALINITY; WATER MASS;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 84929948551     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: 1573868X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-015-0279-3     Document Type: Article

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