Meridional shift of the Kuroshio Extension induced by response of recirculation gyre to decadal wind variations

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 57, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 1111-1126

  Nakano, Hideyuki ^a   Ishikawa, Ichiro ^b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decadal variability; Kuroshio Oyashio Extension region; Ocean general circulation model; Recirculation gyre

Indexed keywords

BAROCLINIC; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; DECADAL VARIABILITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; HINDCASTS; KUROSHIO; KUROSHIO EXTENSION; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; RECIRCULATION GYRE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA-SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALIES; SUBTROPICAL GYRE; THERMOCLINE DEPTH; WIND VARIATION;

STREAM FLOW;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BAROCLINIC WAVE; DECADAL VARIATION; GYRE; HINDCASTING; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; RESOLUTION; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOCLINE; WIND PROFILE;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; OYASHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 77953137166     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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