2010
DOI: 10.1175/2010jcli3343.1
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Abstract: Ocean-atmosphere interaction over the Northern Hemisphere western boundary current (WBC) regions (i.e., the Gulf Stream, Kuroshio, Oyashio, and their extensions) is reviewed with an emphasis on their role in basin-scale climate variability. SST anomalies exhibit considerable variance on interannual to decadal time scales in these regions. Low-frequency SST variability is primarily driven by basin-scale wind stress curl variability via the oceanic Rossby wave adjustment of the gyre-scale circulation that modula… Show more

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“…Ma et al 2015;Smirnov et al 2015). However, it has required deployment of models with sufficient resolution in both the atmosphere and ocean in order to study and understand such interactions at the process level Chelton and Xie 2010;Kwon et al 2010;J. Ma et al 2015;Ma et al 2017).…”
Section: The Global Hydrological Cyclementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ma et al 2015;Smirnov et al 2015). However, it has required deployment of models with sufficient resolution in both the atmosphere and ocean in order to study and understand such interactions at the process level Chelton and Xie 2010;Kwon et al 2010;J. Ma et al 2015;Ma et al 2017).…”
Section: The Global Hydrological Cyclementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Kuroshio intrudes across the shelf break northeast of Taiwan and then affects the circulation in the East China Sea [Chao, 1990]. It also plays a crucial role in air-sea interactions along its mainstream [Wu et al, 2008;Kwon et al, 2010]. Therefore, the study of the Kuroshio has not only regional but also basin wide importance.…”
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“…Rather, over each of the midlatitude ocean basins, especially in winter, synoptic-scale cyclone and anticyclones that recurrently develop and migrate along a stormtrack act to maintain eddies. The variability of the frontal zone as a response of the ocean gyre to wind stress anomalies can yield strong SST anomalies and act to exert thermodynamic forcing on the atmosphere by modifying heat and moisture release (Kelly et al 2010;Kwon et al 2010). These WBCs and associated frontal zones, which the authors call "hot spots", can, therefore, be significant in shaping the tropospheric circulation and forcing its variability.…”
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