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Causes of the Multidecadal-Scale Warming of the Intermediate Water in the Okhotsk Sea and Western Subarctic North Pacific
| Title: | Causes of the Multidecadal-Scale Warming of the Intermediate Water in the Okhotsk Sea and Western Subarctic North Pacific |
| Authors: | Nakanowatari, Takuya Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Nakamura, Tomohiro Browse this author | | Uchimoto, Keisuke Browse this author | | Uehara, Hiroki Browse this author | | Mitsudera, Humio Browse this author | | Ohshima, Kay I Browse this author | | Hasumi, Hiroyasu Browse this author | | Wakatsuchi, Masaaki Browse this author |
| Issue Date: | 15-Jan-2015 |
| Publisher: | American Meteorological Society |
| Journal Title: | Journal of Climate |
| Volume: | 28 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page: | 714 |
| End Page: | 736 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00172.1 |
| Abstract: | Causes of the multidecadal-scale warming of the intermediate water in the Okhotsk Sea and the western subarctic North Pacific during 1980–2008 are investigated using an ice–ocean coupled model with interannually varying atmospheric forcing. A hindcast experiment qualitatively reproduces the warming and decadal fluctuations of the intermediate water that are similar to those of observations: the warming is significant along the western part of the Okhotsk Sea and subarctic frontal region. The effects of the thermohaline- and wind-driven ocean circulation on the warming are evaluated from perturbation experiments on thermohaline (turbulent heat and freshwater fluxes) and wind causes, respectively. The thermohaline causes are shown to contribute positively to warming in the Okhotsk Sea Intermediate Water (OSIW). The heat budget analysis for the OSIW indicates that the warming is related to a decrease in cold and dense shelf water (DSW) flux, which is caused by a decrease in sea ice and surface water freshening. In contrast, the wind cause has a cooling effect in the OSIW through an increase in DSW. In the subarctic frontal region, the warming is mainly caused by the wind stress change. The heat budget analysis indicates that the warming is related to an increase in the northward advection of the subtropical warm water. These results imply that both thermohaline- and winddriven ocean circulation changes are essential components of the warming in the intermediate water. The atmospheric conditions responsible for the warming are related to a weakened Aleutian low and Siberian high in early and late winter. |
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| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/59540 |
| Appears in Collections: | 低温科学研究所 (Institute of Low Temperature Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 中野渡 拓也
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