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

2013 ◽  
Vol 118 (10) ◽  
pp. 5461-5488 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Nakano ◽  
H. Tsujino ◽  
K. Sakamoto
Keyword(s):  
General Circulation Model ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Kuroshio Extension ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Ocean General Circulation Model ◽  
Tracer Transport ◽  
Ocean General Circulation ◽  
The Kuroshio ◽  
Cold Core

Uptake mechanism of anthropogenic CO2 in the Kuroshio Extension region in an ocean general circulation model

2011 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 765-783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hideyuki Nakano ◽  
Hiroyuki Tsujino ◽  
Mikitoshi Hirabara ◽  
Tamaki Yasuda ◽  
Tatsuo Motoi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Circulation Model ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Kuroshio Extension ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Ocean General Circulation Model ◽  
Uptake Mechanism ◽  
Anthropogenic Co2 ◽  
Ocean General Circulation ◽  
The Kuroshio ◽  
Kuroshio Extension Region

scholarly journals Southward Eddy Heat Transport Occurring along Southern Flanks of the Kuroshio Extension and the Gulf Stream in a 1/10° Global Ocean General Circulation Model

2013 ◽  
Vol 43 (9) ◽  
pp. 1899-1910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kunihiro Aoki ◽  
Shoshiro Minobe ◽  
Youichi Tanimoto ◽  
Yoshikazu Sasai
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transport ◽  
Gulf Stream ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Kuroshio Extension ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Ocean General Circulation Model ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
Eddy Heat Transport ◽  
Ocean General Circulation ◽  
The Kuroshio

Abstract The present study investigates meridional heat transport induced by oceanic mesoscale variability in the World Ocean using a ° global ocean general circulation model (OGCM) running on the Earth Simulator. The results indicate prominent poleward eddy heat transport around the western boundary currents and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, and equatorward eddy heat transport in the equatorial region, consistent with the previous studies using coarse-resolution OGCMs. Such poleward eddy heat transport in midlatitude oceans suggests that the eddies act to reduce meridional background temperature gradients across the currents, as would be expected based on baroclinic instability. Interestingly, however, along the southern flanks of the eastward jets of the Kuroshio Extension and the Gulf Stream, southward eddy heat transport occurs in subsurface layers. This is likely due to the southward migration of warm water cores originating from southern areas adjacent to these currents. Southward movement of these cores is caused by interactions with unsteady meanders and cold eddies detaching from the meanders. The potential impact on biological production in the subtropical surface layers of these southward-traveling warm water cores is also discussed.

scholarly journals The South China Sea Throughflow Retrieved from Climatological Data*

2009 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 753-767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Yaremchuk ◽  
Julian McCreary ◽  
Zuojun Yu ◽  
Ryo Furue
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
General Circulation Model ◽  
South China ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Ocean General Circulation Model ◽  
Luzon Strait ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Ocean General Circulation

Abstract The salinity distribution in the South China Sea (SCS) has a pronounced subsurface maximum from 150–220 m throughout the year. This feature can only be maintained by the existence of a mean flow through the SCS, consisting of a net inflow of salty North Pacific tropical water through the Luzon Strait and outflow through the Mindoro, Karimata, and Taiwan Straits. Using an inverse modeling approach, the authors show that the magnitude and space–time variations of the SCS thermohaline structure, particularly for the salinity maximum, allow a quantitative estimate of the SCS throughflow and its distribution among the three outflow straits. Results from the inversion are compared with available observations and output from a 50-yr simulation of a highly resolved ocean general circulation model. The annual-mean Luzon Strait transport is found to be 2.4 ± 0.6 Sv (Sv ≡ 106 m3 s−1). This inflow is balanced by the outflows from the Karimata (0.3 ± 0.5 Sv), Mindoro (1.5 ± 0.4), and Taiwan (0.6 ± 0.5 Sv) Straits. Results of the inversion suggest that the Karimata transport tends to be overestimated in numerical models. The Mindoro Strait provides the only passage from the SCS deeper than 100 m, and half of the SCS throughflow (1.2 ± 0.3 Sv) exits the basin below 100 m in the Mindoro Strait, a result that is consistent with a climatological run of a 0.1° global ocean general circulation model.

Towards explaining the Nd paradox using reversible scavenging in an ocean general circulation model

2008 ◽  
Vol 274 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 448-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Siddall ◽  
Samar Khatiwala ◽  
Tina van de Flierdt ◽  
Kevin Jones ◽  
Steven L. Goldstein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Circulation Model ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Ocean General Circulation Model ◽  
Ocean General Circulation

scholarly journals Global Modeling of Internal Tides Within an Eddying Ocean General Circulation Model

Oceanography ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Arbic ◽  
James Richman ◽  
Jay Shriver ◽  
Patrick Timko ◽  
Joseph Metzger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Circulation Model ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Circulation Model ◽  
Ocean General Circulation Model ◽  
Internal Tides ◽  
Global Modeling ◽  
Ocean General Circulation
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