Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003georl..30woce2o&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 30, Issue 23, pp. OCE 2-1, CiteID 2205, DOI 10.1029/2003GL018581
Physics
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Oceanography: General: Descriptive And Regional Oceanography, Oceanography: General: Water Masses, Oceanography: Physical: Upper Ocean Processes
Scientific paper
The mixed layer structure and properties in the formation region of the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water (STMW) east of Japan in the late winter of 2003 were examined using temperature and salinity data primarily from Argo profiling floats. The formation region extends south of the Kuroshio Extension, between 30°N and 35°N and as far east as 175°E. It is characterized by a mixed layer with depths greater than 200db and meridionally uniform temperature between 16.5°C and 18.2°C, associated with a mixed layer front at its southern edge. The mixed layer in the formation region becomes colder, fresher, and denser toward the east, leading to the formation of warmer, saltier, and lighter STMW in the western part of the region. The spatial variation of the mixed layer depth in the formation region corresponds well with the underlying permanent thermocline depth.
Oka Eitarou
Suga Toshio
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