Origins of the Kuroshio and Mindanao Currents

Abstract

The long-term goal of this work is to understand the ocean s circulation in the bifurcation region of the Kuroshio and Mindanao Currents. The westward flowing North Equatorial Current runs into the Philippine coast and bifurcates into the northward Kuroshio and the southward Mindanao Current. The partitioning of the flow into the Kuroshio and Mindanao Currents is an important observable. Quantifying these flows and understanding bifurcation dynamics are essential to improving predictions of regional circulation, and to characterizing property transports that ultimately affect Pacific climate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2014
Accession Number
ADA624421

Entities

People

  • Steven R. Jayne

Organizations

  • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Altimeters
  • Amplitude
  • Boundaries
  • Dynamics
  • Geostrophic Currents
  • Information Operations
  • Observation
  • Oceans
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Sea Level
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Topography
  • Trajectories
  • Transport Ships

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  • Coastal Oceanography