Decadal Surface and Subsurface Variability in the Kuroshio-Oyashio Extension: GCM Simulation and Observations

by

Tomohiko Tomita[1,2], Masami Nonaka[1,2], and Shang-Ping Xie[2]

1 FRSGC/IGCR, Tokyo, Japan

2 IPRC, SOEST, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii

Long-term (1949-98) wintertime mean SST (solid lines) and the rms of decadal variability (dotted lines). Regions with rms larger than 0.25ｰC are color shaded.

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