Time-frequency variability of Kuroshio meanders in Tokara Strait

Details Time-frequency variability of Kuroshio meanders in Tokara Strait Time-frequency variability of Kuroshio meanders in Tokara Strait

Nov 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006georl..3321605n&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 21, CiteID L21605

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Oceanography: General: Climate And Interannual Variability (1616, 1635, 3305, 3309, 4513), Oceanography: Physical: Eddies And Mesoscale Processes, Oceanography: General: Diurnal, Seasonal, And Annual Cycles (0438), Oceanography: Physical: Fronts And Jets, Oceanography: Physical: Western Boundary Currents

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The meander of the Kuroshio path, with periods of 30-90 days, dominates Tokara Strait, Japan. To understand the time-frequency variability of this meander, two Kuroshio indicators were subjected to wavelet analysis for the period 1984-2004. The 30-90 day variance of the position of the Kuroshio in Tokara Strait shows a season-fixed nature, with larger amplitudes in the period December-July. The amplitude of the variance in this phenomenon is also modulated by interannual variations, with small variance recorded during 1989-1992, large variance during 1993-1998, and a return to small variance from 1999-2003. This interannual variation is positively correlated with that of Kuroshio volume transport in Tokara Strait. The largest variance during February-April precedes the largest volume transport in April-May by about 1 month, suggesting that mesoscale menders are the forcing of the volume transport increase, not the other way around.

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