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: Vigan Mensah, Kay. I. Ohshima
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Okhotsk; Oyashio; Pacific; okhotsk sea; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93901-6; https://doaj.org/article/df51575c0cc242eea1adfa9f8a697062

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...