• Eddy-Kuroshio Interaction
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Satellite (TOPEX/POSEIDON: T/P) and in-situ data have suggested that the Kuroshio meander formation is triggered by anticyclonic eddies originating in the Kuroshio Extension (Mitsudera et al. 2000). 

To test this hypothesis, a numerical experiment using a high-resolution regional GCM was conducted by initializing the eddy with observed T/P SLA.

In this virtual-poster, we present the numerical test results which resemble the observed meander event during 1997-1998.  The images and animations presented will reveal the three-dimensional structure of the interaction.

Also included is a case study of the anticyclonic eddy-formation in the Kuroshio-Extension.