The structure of the kuroshio front in the vicinity of separation point where the Kuroshio leaves the Japanese coast

1991 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 111-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Ryeol Shin ◽  
Yutaka Michida ◽  
Yutaka Nagata
Keyword(s):  
Separation Point ◽  
Japanese Coast ◽  
Kuroshio Front ◽  
The Kuroshio

The dependence of precipitation on wind direction over the Kuroshio front in the winter East China Sea

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (5) ◽  
pp. 687-696
Author(s):  
Kenki Kasamo ◽  
Atsuhiko Isobe ◽  
Shinsuke Iwasaki
Keyword(s):  
East China Sea ◽  
Wind Direction ◽  
East China ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Kuroshio Front ◽  
The Kuroshio

Meander of the Kuroshio front and current variability in the East China Sea

1988 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takashige Sugimoto ◽  
Shingo Kimura ◽  
Kuniaki Miyaji
Keyword(s):  
East China Sea ◽  
East China ◽  
The East China Sea ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Kuroshio Front ◽  
The Kuroshio

scholarly journals Submesoscale instability and associated mixing in the Kuroshio Front

2013 ◽  
Vol 69 (2) ◽  
pp. I_456-I_460
Author(s):  
Yusuke UCHIYAMA ◽  
Shota ISHII ◽  
Yasumasa MIYAZAWA
Keyword(s):  
Kuroshio Front ◽  
The Kuroshio

Distribution of euphausiids in the Kuroshio front and warm water tongue with special reference to the surface aggregation of Euphausia pacifica

1995 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 611-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Nishikawa ◽  
Atsushi Tsuda ◽  
Tetsuji Ishigaki ◽  
Makoto Terazaki
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Warm Water ◽  
Euphausia Pacifica ◽  
Kuroshio Front ◽  
The Kuroshio

scholarly journals Fine scale phytoplankton community structure across the Kuroshio Front

2014 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 1017-1030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Clayton ◽  
Takeyoshi Nagai ◽  
Michael J. Follows
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Phytoplankton Community ◽  
Fine Scale ◽  
Phytoplankton Community Structure ◽  
Kuroshio Front ◽  
The Kuroshio

scholarly journals Spontaneous Generation of Near-Inertial Waves by the Kuroshio Front

2015 ◽  
Vol 45 (9) ◽  
pp. 2381-2406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeyoshi Nagai ◽  
Amit Tandon ◽  
Eric Kunze ◽  
Amala Mahadevan
Keyword(s):  
Internal Wave ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Spontaneous Generation ◽  
Inertial Waves ◽  
Kuroshio Front ◽  
Resolution Model ◽  
Calm Weather ◽  
The Kuroshio

AbstractWhile near-inertial waves are known to be generated by atmospheric storms, recent observations in the Kuroshio Front find intense near-inertial internal-wave shear along sloping isopycnals, even during calm weather. Recent literature suggests that spontaneous generation of near-inertial waves by frontal instabilities could represent a major sink for the subinertial quasigeostrophic circulation. An unforced three-dimensional 1-km-resolution model, initialized with the observed cross-Kuroshio structure, is used to explore this mechanism. After several weeks, the model exhibits growth of 10–100-km-scale frontal meanders, accompanied by O(10) mW m−2 spontaneous generation of near-inertial waves associated with readjustment of submesoscale fronts forced out of balance by mesoscale confluent flows. These waves have properties resembling those in the observations. However, they are reabsorbed into the model Kuroshio Front with no more than 15% dissipating or radiating away. Thus, spontaneous generation of near-inertial waves represents a redistribution of quasigeostrophic energy rather than a significant sink.

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