The hydrographic structure and variability in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Transition Area of the
northwestern Pacific are briefly reviewed, focusing on the circulation, frontal structure and …

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 …

This paper describes a reanalysis of the variability of water mass properties and currents in
the western North Pacific using an ocean forecast system, Japan Coastal Ocean …

Covariations of Sea Surface Temperature and Wind over the Kuroshio and Its Extension:
Evidence for Ocean-to-Atmosphere Feedback in: Journal of Climate Volume 16 Issue 9 (2003) …

The North Pacific Climatology of Winter Mixed Layer and Mode Waters in: Journal of
Physical Oceanography Volume 34 Issue 1 (2004) Jump to Content Jump to Main …

A new high-resolution atmosphere-ocean coupled general circulation model named
MIROC4h has been developed, and its performance in a 120-year control experiment …

Subtropical Mode Water (STMW), characterized by vertically uniform temperature of~ 17° C,
is distributed horizontally over 5000 kilometers at the 100-to 500-meter depths in the …

The upper thermal structure of the midlatitude North Pacific is studied with the use of all the
bathythermograph data compiled in the global ocean temperature and salinity profiles …

Decadal Variability in the Formation of the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water: Oceanic
versus Atmospheric Control in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 36 Issue 7 (2006) …

The Japanese government approved a plan to discharge Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power
Plant Accident contaminated water (FDNPPACW) into the Pacific Ocean. It immediately …