Abstract: A thermohaline circulation enhanced by wind forcing is demonstrated in an idealized basin model, and a mechanism that provides a connection between wind forcing and a thermohaline circulation is clarified. A rectangular ...

Abstract: Formation and circulation of mode waters in the subtropical North Pacific are investigated by performing a numerical simulation with a high-resolution general circulation model. In the model, important features for forming ...

Abstract: sing an inflow?outflow numerical model, the authors demonstrate that the existence of Koshu Seamount, located about 200 km to the south of Cape Shiono-misaki, is essential in creating the large meander (LM) of the Kuroshio. ...

Abstract: Deep Pacific circulation is investigated by using a World Ocean model with depth-dependent vertical diffusivity. Vertical diffusivity estimated from observations, 0.1 ? 10?4 m2 s?1 for the upper layer and 3.0 ? 10?4 m2 s?1 ...

Abstract: The effects of mesoscale eddies on the subduction and distribution of the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water (STMW) are investigated using an eddy-resolving ocean general circulation model (OGCM). First, the subduction ...

Abstract: The Coastal Oyashio (CO) carries the cold, fresh, and relatively light water mass called the Coastal Oyashio Water (COW) westward along the southeastern coast of Hokkaido in winter and spring. To investigate dynamics of ...

Abstract: AbstractAs part of the ongoing development of an ocean data assimilation system for operational ocean monitoring and seasonal prediction, an adjoint sea ice model was developed that incorporates sea ice rheology, which was ...