Variability of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea, and Its Relationship to the Ryukyu Current

Abstract

The long-term goal is to characterize and understand (with our Korean and Japanese colleagues) the dynamics of the time varying structure and transport of the Western Boundary Current (WBC) system at 26 28 N in the northwest Pacific Ocean, in particular the Kuroshio in the East China Sea (ECS), and the Ryukyu Current.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2007
Accession Number
ADA573258

Entities

People

  • D. R. Watts
  • Mark Wimbush
  • William J. Teague

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Altimeters
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Climate Change
  • Continental Shelves
  • Cross Correlation
  • Data Sets
  • Dynamics
  • Earth Sciences
  • East China Sea
  • Islands
  • Measurement
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Rhode Island
  • Ryukyu Islands
  • Topography

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Coastal Oceanography