Identification of the Kuroshio Extension, its Bifurcation and Northern Branch from altimetry and hydrographic data during October 1992-August 1999: Spatial and temporal variability

Details Identification of the Kuroshio Extension, its Bifurcation and Northern Branch from altimetry and hydrographic data during October 1992-August 1999: Spatial and temporal variability Identification of the Kuroshio Extension, its Bifurcation and Northern Branch from altimetry and hydrographic data during October 1992-August 1999: Spatial and temporal variability

May 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001georl..28.1759s&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 28, Issue 9, p. 1759-1762

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Oceanography: Physical: Currents, Oceanography: Physical: Fronts And Jets, Oceanography: Physical: General Circulation, Oceanography: Physical: Western Boundary Currents

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A methodology is proposed using altimter-derived upper layer thickness and baroclinic transport to identify the Kuroshio Extension, the Bifurcation Point and the Northern Branch, by combining TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter and climatological data within a two-layer reduced gravity model. Results obtained from the Japanese coast to 175°W show that the location of the Bifurcation Point presents interannual variability that is related with upstream conditions. The longitude of the Bifurcation Point ranged from 147 to 160°E. Estimates of baroclinic transport at the Kuroshio Extension and its Northern Branch decrease steadily to the east trough the region of study from 35 to 11 and from 10 to 3 Sv, respectively.

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