Tracer transport in cold-core rings pinched off from the Kuroshio Extension in an eddy-resolving ocean general circulation model

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5461-5488

  Nakano, H ^a   Tsujino, H ^a   Sakamoto, K ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

OGCM; ring; tracer transport

Indexed keywords

OCEAN CURRENTS; RINGS (COMPONENTS);

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; NON-LINEAR PARAMETERS; OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; OGCM; SYNCHRONOUS MOVEMENT; TANGENTIAL VELOCITIES; TRACER TRANSPORT; VORTICITY BALANCE;

STREAM FLOW;

DRIFT BEHAVIOR; EDDY; LEAKAGE; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ROSSBY WAVE; THERMOCLINE; TRACER;

KUROSHIO EXTENSION; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84890259121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20375     Document Type: Article

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