Water mass variability in the western North Pacific detected in a 15-year eddy resolving ocean reanalysis

Journal of Oceanography

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 737-756

  Miyazawa, Yasumasa ^a   Zhang, Ruochao ^a   Guo, Xinyu ^a,b   Tamura, Hitoshi ^a   Ambe, Daisuke ^c   Lee, Joon Soo ^c,e   Okuno, Akira ^c,f   Yoshinari, Hiroshi ^c,g   Setou, Takashi ^c   Komatsu, Kosei ^c,d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

^f FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^g FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Data assimilation; Eddy resolving model; Kuroshio; Mixed Water Region; Mode water; North Pacific Intermediate Water (NPIW); Oyashio; Reanalysis; Western North Pacific

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; INTERMEDIATE WATER; MESOSCALE EDDY; MODE WATER; OCEANIC CURRENT; WATER MASS;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 70949089523     PISSN: 09168370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-009-0063-3     Document Type: Article

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