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The model is based on the Princeton Ocean Model, developed at JAMSTEC (Mitsudera et al.; 2000). The model has successfully run in different settings, for example with various Kuroshio inflow rates. In this numerical test, the model was spun-up at fixed 25 Sv Kuroshio inflow and 10 Sv Oyashio inflow/outflow condition for 6 model years. The meso-scale variability of the Kuroshio Extension is not large and no eddies were shed from the extension region to cause the meander. Surface and lateral boundary forcings are:
Salient Parameters:
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