The seas around China in a warming climate

F Wang, X Li, X Tang, X Sun, J Zhang, D Yang… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Anthropogenic forcings have led to multifaceted changes in the seas around China, which
include the Bohai, Yellow, East China and South China Seas, affecting the functions and …

The weakened upwelling at the upstream Kuroshio in the East China Sea induced extensive sea surface warming

Y Wei, R Ding, D Huang, J Xuan, H Li… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The interannual sea surface temperature trend of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea (ECS‐
Kuroshio) is significantly different from that of the ECS‐shelf region. Based on 33 years …

Observations reveal onshore acceleration and offshore deceleration of the Kuroshio Current in the East China Sea over the past three decades

H Guo, J Cai, H Yang, Z Chen - Environmental Research Letters, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Kuroshio Current (KC) in the East China Sea is one of the most prominent
components of the ocean circulation system in the North Pacific. The onshore intensification …

ENSO‐related interannual variability of the Kuroshio in the East China sea since the mid‐2000s

YX Qiao, H Nakamura, T Tomita, S Kako… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Using observational and reanalysis data sets, we investigated interannual variability in the
Kuroshio in the East China Sea (ECS‐Kuroshio). We exhibited that the surface velocity and …

Response of the Ryukyu Current to climate change during 1993–2018: Is there a robust trend?

ZJ Liu, XH Zhu, H Nakamura, M Wang… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Linear trends in the Ryukyu Current, a part of the western boundary current in the western
North Pacific flowing on the seaside of the Ryukyu Island chain, were investigated using …

Lagrangian observation of the Kuroshio current by surface drifters in 2019

Z Sun, J Hu, H Lin, Z Chen, J Zhu, L Yang, Z Hu… - Journal of Marine …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this research, the features of the Kuroshio Current in 2019 were studied based on the
observations of 29 self-developed surface current experiment drifters deployed in the …

Comparison of the ENSO‐related interannual variability of the ECS‐Kuroshio before and after 2005

ZJ Liu, YX Qiao, H Nakamura, XH Zhu… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO)‐related interannual variability of the
Kuroshio in the East China Sea (ECS) was revisited based on reanalysis outputs during …

Warming of the Kuroshio Current Over the Last Four Decades has Intensified the Meiyu‐Baiu Rainband

YX Qiao, H Nakamura, T Tomita - Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In recent decades, rise of sea surface temperature (SST) in the Kuroshio region of the East
China Sea (ECS), which is associated with global warming, has attracted considerable …

Seasonal to decadal western boundary current variability from sustained ocean observations

M Chandler, NV Zilberman… - Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Subtropical western boundary currents (WBCs) exert a substantial influence on regional
climate. To improve WBC observations on seasonal‐to‐decadal timescales, and …

Synchronized decadal variabilities in the Kuroshio and Kuroshio Extension system

YX Qiao, H Nakamura, S Kako, A Nishina… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Using satellite altimetry and wind stress data, the spatially coherent decadal variabilities in
current intensity and current path during 1993–2018 were investigated for a western …