Pacific western boundary currents and their roles in climate

D Hu, L Wu, W Cai, AS Gupta, A Ganachaud, B Qiu… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Pacific Ocean western boundary currents and the interlinked equatorial Pacific circulation
system were among the first currents of these types to be explored by pioneering …

Global perspectives on observing ocean boundary current systems

RE Todd, FP Chavez, S Clayton, S Cravatte… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Ocean boundary current systems are key components of the climate system, are home to
highly productive ecosystems, and have numerous societal impacts. Establishment of a …

An extreme internal solitary wave event observed in the northern South China Sea

X Huang, Z Chen, W Zhao, Z Zhang, C Zhou, Q Yang… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
With characteristics of large amplitude and strong current, internal solitary wave (ISW) is a
major hazard to marine engineering and submarine navigation; it also has significant …

Review on observational studies of western tropical Pacific Ocean circulation and climate

D Hu, F Wang, J Sprintall, L Wu, S Riser… - Journal of Oceanology …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Western Tropical Pacific (WTP) Ocean holds the largest area of warm water (>
28° C) in the world ocean referred to as the Western Pacific Warm Pool (WPWP), which …

[HTML][HTML] Structure and variability of the North Equatorial Current/Undercurrent from mooring measurements at 130 E in the Western Pacific

L Zhang, FJ Wang, Q Wang, S Hu, F Wang, D Hu - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
The mean structure and variability of the North Equatorial Current/Undercurrent
(NEC/NEUC) are investigated with one-year Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers …

Parameterization of the vertical mixing for the Luzon Undercurrent in the northern western Pacific Ocean

X Chen, J Gan, C Hui… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Luzon Undercurrent (LUC) is one of the most significant western boundary
undercurrents in the northern western Pacific Ocean (WPO), essential for subsurface water …

[HTML][HTML] Intraseasonal variability of the surface zonal currents in the western tropical Pacific Ocean: Characteristics and mechanisms

F Wang, Y Li, J Wang - Journal of Physical Oceanography, 2016 - journals.ametsoc.org
Intraseasonal Variability of the Surface Zonal Currents in the Western Tropical Pacific Ocean:
Characteristics and Mechanisms in: Journal of Physical Oceanography Volume 46 Issue 12 …

Long-term variability of the Kuroshio since 1788 based on coral records

X Li, X Guo, H Jiang, X Lu, Z Zhang, J Ma… - Global and Planetary …, 2024 - Elsevier
The Kuroshio transports warm water poleward from low-to mid-high latitude regions and
strongly affects ocean-atmosphere-land interactions. Previous studies have shown that the …

Annual Cycle in Upper-Ocean Heat Content and the Global Energy Budget

Y Pan, L Cheng, K von Schuckmann… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
As a major component of Earth's energy budget, ocean heat content (OHC) plays a vital role
in buffering climate change. The annual cycle is the most prominent change in OHC but has …

The kuroshio and luzon undercurrent east of luzon Island

RC Lien, B Ma, CM Lee, TB Sanford, V Mensah… - Oceanography, 2015 - JSTOR
Current structure, transport, and water mass properties of the northward-flowing Kuroshio
and the southward-flowing Luzon Undercurrent (LU) were observed for nearly one year …