On the Year-to-Year Change in Subarctic Water Characteristics Around the Kuril Islands

A counterclockwise circulation centered approximately at 50°N 165°E is seen in the western Subarctic Pacific Ocean. The Oyashio makes up the southwestern rim of this circulation, and flows southwestward along the Kuril Islands and the eastern coast of Hokkaido. The water characteristics of the Oyash...

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Main Author: Yasuhiro Kawasaki
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.360.2009
http://www.pices.int/publications/scientific_reports/Report12/kawasaki_revf.pdf