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SPECIAL ISSUE: A NEW LOOK AT THE
LOW-LATITUDE WESTERN PACIFIC
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FROM THE GUEST EDITORS. A New Look at Circulation in the Western
North Pacific: Introduction to the Special Issue
By D.L. Rudnick, S. Jan, and C.M. Lee
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The Pacific North Equatorial Current: New Insights from the Origins of
the Kuroshio and Mindanao Currents (OKMC) Project
By B. Qiu, D.L. Rudnick, I. Cerovecki, B.D. Cornuelle, S. Chen,
M.C. Schönau, J.L. McClean, and G. Gopalakrishnan
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The Mindanao Current: Mean Structure and Connectivity
By M.C. Schönau, D.L. Rudnick, I. Cerovecki, G. Gopalakrishnan,
B.D. Cornuelle, J.L. McClean, and B. Qiu
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Shifts in Chlorophyll a off Eastern Luzon, Philippines, Associated with
the North Equatorial Current Bifurcation Latitude
By O.C. Cabrera, C.L. Villanoy, I.D. Alabia, and A.L. Gordon
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The Kuroshio and Luzon Undercurrent East of Luzon Island
By R.-C. Lien, B. Ma, C.M. Lee, T.B. Sanford, V. Mensah, L.R. Centurioni,
B.D. Cornuelle, G. Gopalakrishnan, A.L. Gordon, M.-H. Chang, S.R. Jayne,
and Y.J. Yang
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Two Mechanisms Cause Dual Velocity Maxima in the Kuroshio
East of Taiwan
By K.-C. Yang, J. Wang, C.M. Lee, B. Ma, R.-C. Lien, S. Jan, Y.J. Yang,
and M.-H. Chang
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Mean Structure and Fluctuations of the Kuroshio East of Taiwan from
In Situ and Remote Observations
By Y.J. Yang, S. Jan, M.-H. Chang, J. Wang, V. Mensah, T.-H. Kuo,
C.-J. Tsai, C.-Y. Lee, M. Andres, L.R. Centurioni, Y.-H. Tseng, W.-D. Liang,
and J.-W. Lai
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Mean Structure and Variability of the Kuroshio from Northeastern Taiwan
to Southwestern Japan
By M. Andres, S. Jan, T.B. Sanford, V. Mensah, L.R. Centurioni,
and J.W. Book
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