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Characteristics and mechanism of deep mesoscale variability south of the Kuroshio Extension

Masatoshi Miyamoto - No affiliation found

2017/05/01 Full-length article DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2017.04.003 Journal: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers

Abstract:

Highlights•Deep current south of the Kuroshio Extension had dominant periods of 45–75 days.•The mesoscale variability was explained by barotropic topographic Rossby waves.•The Rossby waves were considered to be generated in the Kuroshio Extension region.