Weakened overturning and tide control the properties of Oyashio Intermediate Water, a key water mass in the North Pacific

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Mensah, Vigan, Ohshima, Kay. I.
• Other Authors: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2021
• Subjects: Multidisciplinary; Okhotsk; Pacific; Oyashio; okhotsk sea; Subarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93901-6; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-93901-6.pdf; http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-93901-6

Abstract The western subarctic Pacific exhibits major biological productivity fed by the Oyashio Current and its two source waters: Western Subarctic Water, which supplies nutrients from the subarctic Pacific, and cold Okhotsk Sea Intermediate Water (OSIW), which supplies iron from the Sea of Okhots...