Comprehensive Observational Features for the Kuroshio Transport Decreasing Trend During a Recent Global Warming Hiatus
Comprehensive Observational Features for the Kuroshio Transport Decreasing Trend During a Recent Global Warming Hiatus
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最近全球变暖中断期间黑潮输送减少趋势的综合观测特征
DOI:
10.1029/2021gl094169
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Hua Zheng
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作者:
Zhao-Jun Liu;Xiao-Hua Zhu;Hirohiko Nakamura;Ayako Nishina;Min Wang;Hua Zheng
Linear trends in Kuroshio transport during a recent global warming hiatus (1998–2013) were evaluated using long-term ferryboat ADCP (acoustic Doppler current profiler) data and tidal gauge data in the Tokara Strait south of Japan. The Kuroshio exhibited a remarkable weakening trend of approximately 0.05 Sv year−1 (1 Sv = 106 m3 s−1). The pycnocline in the weakened Kuroshio was relaxed and displayed shoaling at the offshore edge, which was attributed to vertical thermocline displacement rather than to water mass modification. Importantly, Kuroshio transport trends in the Tokara Strait were affected by sea surface height anomalies, which were driven by the combined effects of the clockwise baroclinic-mode coastal trapped wave propagation along the southern coast of Japan and downstream Kuroshio advection in the East China Sea. Both features were induced by wind stress curl changes related to the global warming hiatus over the North Pacific.