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WANG Shihong, LIU Zhiliang, PANG Chongguang, LIU Huiqing. The decadally modulating eddy field in the upstream Kuroshio Extension and its related mechanisms[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2016, 35(5): 9-17. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0741-5
Citation: WANG Shihong, LIU Zhiliang, PANG Chongguang, LIU Huiqing. The decadally modulating eddy field in the upstream Kuroshio Extension and its related mechanisms[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2016, 35(5): 9-17. doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0741-5
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The decadally modulating eddy field in the upstream Kuroshio Extension and its related mechanisms

doi: 10.1007/s13131-015-0741-5
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    Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China;College of Earth Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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    Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China

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    International Hurricane Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, MARC 370, USA

  • Received Date: 2015-05-12
  • Rev Recd Date: 2015-09-06
    Abstract
  • Both the level of the high-frequency eddy kinetic energy (HF-EKE) and the energy-containing scale in the upstream Kuroshio Extension (KE) undergo a well-defined decadal modulation, which correlates well with the decadal KE path variability. The HF-EKE level and the energy-containing scales will increase with unstable KE path and decrease with stable KE path. Also the mesoscale eddies are a little meridionally elongated in the stable state, while they are much zonally elongated in the unstable state. The local baroclinic instability and the barotropic instability associated with the decadal modulation of HF-EKE have been investigated. The results show that the baroclinic instability is stronger in the stable state than that in the unstable state, with a shorter characteristic temporal scale and a larger characteristic spatial scale. Meanwhile, the regional-averaged barotropic conversion rate is larger in the unstable state than that in the stable state. The results also demonstrate that the baroclinic instability is not the dominant mechanism influencing the decadal modulation of the mesoscale eddy field, while the barotropic instability makes a positive contribution to the decadal modulation.
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