An east-west contrast of upper ocean heat content variation south of the subpolar front in the East/Japan Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 6418-6443

  Yoon, Seung Tae ^a   Chang, Kyung Il ^a   Na, Hanna ^b   Minobe, Shoshiro ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

East Japan Sea (EJS); heaving effect; ocean heat content; Siberian High; upper circulation; western Pacific teleconnection pattern

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; HEAT BUDGET; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POLAR FRONT; TELECONNECTION; UPPER OCEAN; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

JAPAN BASIN; KOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 84983517628     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JC011891     Document Type: Article

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