Baroclinic stability of oceanic long Rossby wave in the North Pacific Subtropical countercurrent

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-91

  Liu, Qin Yu ^a   Li, Li Juan ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Baroclinic stability; Hawaiian Lee Countercurrent; North Pacific; Rossby wave; Subtropical countercurrent

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; COUNTERCURRENT; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; STRATIFICATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34250786209     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Chelton D B, Schlax M G. Global observations of oceanic Rossby waves. Science, 1996, 272: 234-238
2. Liu Q Y, Wang Q. Spatial distribution of the sea surface height intraseasonal oscillation in the tropical Pacific. J. of Ocean University of Qingdao (in Chinese), 1999, 29(4):549-555
3. Qiao F L, Ezer T, Yuan Y. On the zonal structure of high frequency planetary waves in the ocean derived from altimeter data. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2004, 23(1):91-96
4. Lin X P, Wu D X, Li Q, et al. An amplification mechanism of intraseasonal long Rossby wave in subtropical ocean. Journal of Oceanography, 2005, 61(2):369-378
5. Qiu B. Seasonal eddy field modulation of the North Pacific subtropical countercurrent: TOPEX/Poseidon observation and theory. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 1999, 29: 2471-2486
6. Xie S P, Liu W T, Liu Q Y, et al. Far-reaching effects of the Hawaiian Islands on the Pacific Ocean-atmosphere. Science, 2001, 292: 2057-2060
7. Qiu B, Koh D, Lumpkin C, et al. Existence and formation mechanism of the North Hawaiian Ridge Current. J. Phys. Oceanogr. 1997, 27: 431-444
8. Liu Q Y, Wang S X, Liu Z Y, et al. Dynamic features of long Rossby wave in the North Pacific Subtropical Countercurrent. Chinese J. Geophys. (in Chinese), 2001, 44(Suppl.): 28-37
9. Kobashi F, Kawamura H. Variation of sea surface height at periods of 65-220 days in the subtropical gyre of the North Pacific. J. Geophys Res., 2001, 106: 26817-26831
10. Liu Q Y, Wang S X, Wang Q, et al. On the formation of Subtropical Countercurrent in the west to Hawaiian Islands. J. Geophys. Res., 2003, 108(C5): 3167-3175
11. Li W, Liu H L, Liu Q Y. Two branches of the eastward countercurrent in the subtropical region of the North Pacific. Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences (in Chinese), 2003, 27(5): 811-820
12. Kubokawa A. Ventilated thermocline strongly affected by a deep mixed layer: a theory for Subtropical Countercurrent. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 1999, 29: 1314-1333