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Meridional Overturning Circulation in the Indian Ocean: Toward the understanding of multi decadal variability in climate

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K03750
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 17020:Atmospheric and hydrospheric sciences-related
Research InstitutionJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

Nagura Motoki  国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 地球環境部門(大気海洋相互作用研究センター), 主任研究員 (10421877)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywordsインド洋 / 循環 / 波動 / 水塊 / 経年変動 / 南インド洋 / スパイシネス偏差 / 亜南極モード水 / 海面高度変動 / 亜熱帯循環 / 経年変化 / 現場観測 / 水温塩分変動 / 十年周期変動 / 流れ / 季節変動 / ロスビー波 / 海洋循環
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined various phenomena such as temperature and salinity variations in water masses, temporal variations in a basin-wide circulation, and waves on intraseasonal to interannual timescales near the equator and at southern midlatitudes in the Indian Ocean. This study uses the most of devices available in this field, i.e., in-situ observations from Argo profiling floats and a current profiler, satellite measurements of sea surface height, an ocean dataset that assimilates these observations, a simple ocean model, and a sophisticated ocean general circulation model. The phenomena were specified and described using observations. Their causes and generation mechanisms were identified by numerical experiments. The predictability of the detected phenomena was discussed using simple numerical experiments.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

研究によって得られた成果から、水塊の沈み込みを通じた海洋による熱の取り込み、インド洋の循環と太平洋の風系変動の関連、インド洋の亜表層の流れの変動、亜表層を伝播する波動、オーストラリア沿岸の海面高度変動の予測可能性、赤道波の成因を明らかにした。これらの現象は海洋内部の貯熱量や循環による熱輸送、およびそれらの経年的な変化に関わっている。研究成果から特定された時間スケールは経年から十年規模であり(周期が7~15年程度)、これらの周期の気候変動の理解に貢献すると考えられる。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (24 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Peer Reviewed: 12 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results)

  • [Journal Article] Dual frequency wind-driven mixed Rossby gravity waves in the equatorial Indian Ocean2023

    • Author(s)
      Nagura Motoki、McPhaden Michael J.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physical Oceanography

      Volume: - Issue: 6 Pages: 1535-1553

    • DOI

      10.1175/jpo-d-22-0222.1

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Second Baroclinic Mode Rossby Waves in the South Indian Ocean2022

    • Author(s)
      Nagura Motoki、Osafune Satoshi
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physical Oceanography

      Volume: 52 Issue: 8 Pages: 1749-1773

    • DOI

      10.1175/jpo-d-21-0290.1

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Intensification and Dynamics of the Westward Equatorial Undercurrent During the Summers of 1998 and 2016 in the Indian Ocean2022

    • Author(s)
      Huang Ke、Wang Dongxiao、Chen Gengxin、Nagura Motoki、Han Weiqing、McPhaden Michael J.、Feng Ming、Chen Ju、Wu Ying、Zhang Xiaolin、Li Yuanlong、Xie Qiang、Wang Weiqiang、Zhou Feng
    • Journal Title

      Geophysical Research Letters

      Volume: 49 Issue: 20

    • DOI

      10.1029/2022gl100168

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Predicting Interannual Variability in Sea Surface Height Along the West Coast of Australia Using a Simple Ocean Model2021

    • Author(s)
      Motoki Nagura and Michael J. McPhaden
    • Journal Title

      Geophysical Research Letters

      Volume: 48 Issue: 18

    • DOI

      10.1029/2021gl094592

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The vertical structure of annual wave energy flux in the tropical Indian Ocean2021

    • Author(s)
      Zimeng Li, Hidenori Aiki, Motoki Nagura and Tomomichi Ogata
    • Journal Title

      Progress in Earth and Planetary Science

      Volume: 8 Issue: 1 Pages: 43-43

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40645-021-00432-9

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Role of the eastern boundary-generated waves on the termination of 1997 Indian Ocean Dipole event2021

    • Author(s)
      Iskhaq Iskandar, Motoki Nagura and Michael J. McPhaden
    • Journal Title

      Geoscience Letters

      Volume: 8 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40562-021-00205-8

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Spiciness Anomalies of Subantarctic Mode Water in the South Indian Ocean2021

    • Author(s)
      Nagura Motoki
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Climate

      Volume: 34 Issue: 10 Pages: 3927-3953

    • DOI

      10.1175/jcli-d-20-0482.1

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Interannual variability in sea surface height at southern mid-latitudes of the Indian Ocean2021

    • Author(s)
      Nagura Motoki、McPhaden Michael J.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physical Oceanography

      Volume: 51 Issue: 5 Pages: 1595-1609

    • DOI

      10.1175/jpo-d-20-0279.1

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Energy Flow Diagnosis of ENSO from an Ocean Reanalysis2021

    • Author(s)
      Toyoda Takahiro、Nakano Hideyuki、Aiki Hidenori、Ogata Tomomichi、Fukutomi Yoshiki、Kanno Yuki、Urakawa L. Shogo、Sakamoto Kei、Yamanaka Goro、Nagura Motoki
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Climate

      Volume: 34 Issue: 10 Pages: 4023-4042

    • DOI

      10.1175/jcli-d-20-0704.1

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Variability in Meridional Transport of the Subtropical Circulation in the South Indian Ocean for the Period From 2006 to 20172020

    • Author(s)
      Nagura Motoki
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

      Volume: 125 Issue: 6

    • DOI

      10.1029/2019jc015874

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Spiciness Anomalies in the Upper South Indian Ocean2018

    • Author(s)
      Motoki Nagura, Shinya Kouketsu
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physical Oceanography

      Volume: 48 Issue: 9 Pages: 2081-2101

    • DOI

      10.1175/jpo-d-18-0050.1

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Annual Rossby Waves Below the Pycnocline in the Indian Ocean2018

    • Author(s)
      Motoki Nagura
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

      Volume: 123 Issue: 12 Pages: 9405-9415

    • DOI

      10.1029/2018jc014362

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Dynamics and prediction of interannual variability in sea surface height at southern mid-latitudes of the Indian Ocean2022

    • Author(s)
      Motoki Nagura, Michael J. McPhaden
    • Organizer
      Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report 2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Second baroclinic mode Rossby waves in the south Indian Ocean2022

    • Author(s)
      Motoki Nagura, Satoshi Osafune
    • Organizer
      JpGU 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 単純な海洋モデルを用いたオーストラリア西岸の海面高度の年々変動の予測2022

    • Author(s)
      名倉 元樹, McPhaden Michael J.
    • Organizer
      日本海洋学会2022年度秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Interannual variability in sea surface height at southern mid-latitudes of the Indian Ocean2021

    • Author(s)
      Motoki Nagura, Michael J. McPhaden
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 南インド洋亜南極モード水のスパイシネス偏差2021

    • Author(s)
      名倉元樹
    • Organizer
      2021年日本海洋学会秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Interannual variability at southern mid-latitudes of the Indian Ocean2021

    • Author(s)
      Motoki Nagura, Michael J. McPhaden
    • Organizer
      Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Meeting
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Interannual variability at southern mid-latitudes of the Indian Ocean2021

    • Author(s)
      Motoki Nagura, Michael J. McPhaden
    • Organizer
      WCRP-CLIVAR Workshop on Climate Interactions among the Tropical Basins
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Interannual to decadal variability in subtropical circulation transport in the south Indian Ocean2020

    • Author(s)
      Motoki Nagura
    • Organizer
      European Geophysical Union Meeting 2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 2006 年から2017 年における南インド洋亜熱帯循環の南北地衡流の変動2020

    • Author(s)
      名倉元樹
    • Organizer
      日本海洋学会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] IndOOS-2: A Roadmap to Better Observations of the Rapidly Warming Indian Ocean2020

    • Author(s)
      Lisa M Beal, Jerome Vialard, Matthew K Roxy, Motoki Nagura
    • Organizer
      JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2020: Virtual
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] インド洋上層2000 mにおける一年周期のロスビー波2019

    • Author(s)
      名倉元樹
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2019年大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Spiciness anomalies in the upper South Indian Ocean2018

    • Author(s)
      Motoki Nagura, Shinya Kouketsu
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2018年大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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