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JOURNAL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
卷 68, 期 1, 页码 5-20出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10872-011-0032-5
关键词
Mode waters; North Pacific; Physical oceanography; Seasonal to decadal variability; Eddy modifications; Climate and biogeochemical impacts
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资金
- Japan Society for Promotion of Science [KAKENHI] [21340133]
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT) [22106007]
- NSF [OCE-0926594]
- NASA [1207881]
- Directorate For Geosciences
- Division Of Ocean Sciences [0926594] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22106007] Funding Source: KAKEN
This article reviews the progress in research on North Pacific mode waters of the past decade from the physical oceanographic perspective. The accumulation of satellite altimeter sea surface height data, the rapid growth of the Argo profiling float array, and the advancement in eddy-resolving ocean general circulation models have greatly improved the traditional views on the mode waters that were formed prior to the 1990s based on the analyses of historical temperature/salinity data. Areas where significant progress was made include: (1) descriptions of the mode waters' distributions and properties with fine spatial scales, particularly in their formation regions in winter where observational data had been insufficient; (2) clarifications of the mode waters' formation and subduction processes relating to the large-scale mean circulation, as well as to the time-varying mesoscale eddy field; (3) impacts of the mode waters' circulation and dissipation processes on the climate and biogeochemical processes; and (4) dynamic versus thermodynamic causes underlying the mode waters' decadal changes. In addition to the review, future directions for mode water research are also presented.
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