A SUBARCTIC OCEAN CURRENT DRIVEN BY SEA SURFACE COOLING

• Main Authors: リキイシ クニオ, ナカシマ タカヒコ, Kunio RIKIISHI, Takahiko NAKASHIMA
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: ABSTRACT 1995
• Subjects: Curl; Oyashio; Pacific; Southern Ocean; Polar meteorology and glaciology; Proceedings of the NIPR Symposium on Polar Meteorology and Glaciology; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=3907; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00003907/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=3907&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

The coastal Oyashio, flowing southward along the coast of northern Japan, is an integral part of the subpolar circulation in the North Pacific. It shows a clear seasonal variation in current speed with the maximum in spring and minimum in fall. The coastal Oyashio has extended abnormally southward i...