Effects of mesoscale eddies on subduction and distribution of subtropical mode water in an eddy-resolving OGCM of the Western North PACIFIC

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1748-1765

  Nishikawa, Shiro ^a   Tsujino, Hiroyuki ^b   Sakamoto, Kei ^a   Nakano, Hideyuki ^b  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

^b METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eddies; General circulation models; Mesoscale processes; North Pacific Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONIC EDDIES; CORE DENSITIES; DENSITY SURFACES; EDDIES; EDDY MIXING; EDDY TRANSPORTS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ISOPYCNAL SURFACES; LARGE-SCALE EDDIES; MEAN FLOW; MESOSCALE EDDY; MESOSCALE PROCESS; MIXED LAYER; NORTH PACIFIC; NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; POTENTIAL VORTICITY GRADIENTS; STREAMFUNCTIONS; SUBDUCTION RATES; SUBTROPICAL MODE WATERS; THICKNESS GRADIENTS; TRANSPORT PROCESS; VERTICAL DIFFUSION; WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANTICYCLONE; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MESOSCALE EDDY; MODE WATER; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; POTENTIAL VORTICITY; SUBDUCTION; SUBTROPICAL CONVERGENCE; THERMOCLINE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 78049313666     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JPO4261.1     Document Type: Article

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