Sea level variations around the Nansei Islands and the large meander in the Kuroshio south of central Japan

1980 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaki Kawabe
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Large Meander ◽  
Central Japan ◽  
Nansei Islands ◽  
Sea Level Variations ◽  
The Kuroshio

scholarly journals VARIABILITY OF THE KUROSHIO VELOCITY OFF CAPE SHIONO-MISAKI IN NON-LARGE-MEANDER PERIOD ESTIMATED FROM SEA-LEVEL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KUSHIMOTO AND URAGAMI

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. I_934-I_939
Author(s):  
Toru YAMASHIRO ◽  
Takanobu ITO ◽  
Hiroshi YAMADA ◽  
Naoki HIROSE ◽  
Mizuki KAMIUTO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Large Meander ◽  
Level Difference ◽  
The Kuroshio ◽  
Sea Level Difference

Contributions of Wind Forcing and Surface Heating to Interannual Sea Level Variations in the Atlantic Ocean

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (9) ◽  
pp. 1739-1750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cécile Cabanes ◽  
Thierry Huck ◽  
Alain Colin de Verdière
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Wind Stress ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sea Surface Height ◽  
Sea Surface ◽  
Altimeter Data ◽  
Local Response ◽  
Sea Level Variability ◽  
Sea Level Variations

Abstract Interannual sea surface height variations in the Atlantic Ocean are examined from 10 years of high-precision altimeter data in light of simple mechanisms that describe the ocean response to atmospheric forcing: 1) local steric changes due to surface buoyancy forcing and a local response to wind stress via Ekman pumping and 2) baroclinic and barotropic oceanic adjustment via propagating Rossby waves and quasi-steady Sverdrup balance, respectively. The relevance of these simple mechanisms in explaining interannual sea level variability in the whole Atlantic Ocean is investigated. It is shown that, in various regions, a large part of the interannual sea level variability is related to local response to heat flux changes (more than 50% in the eastern North Atlantic). Except in a few places, a local response to wind stress forcing is less successful in explaining sea surface height observations. In this case, it is necessary to consider large-scale oceanic adjustments: the first baroclinic mode forced by wind stress explains about 70% of interannual sea level variations in the latitude band 18°–20°N. A quasi-steady barotropic Sverdrup response is observed between 40° and 50°N.

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