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Interannual to decadal variations of oceanic submesoscale motions in the Kuroshio Extension region

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K04075
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

Sasaki Hideharu  国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 付加価値情報創生部門(アプリケーションラボ), 主任研究員(シニア) (50359220)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 笹井 義一  国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 地球環境部門(地球表層システム研究センター), 主任研究員 (40419130)
Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords海洋微細循環 / 経年変動 / 高解像度海洋モデル / 混合層不安定 / 高解像度海洋シミュレーション / アルゴフロート / サブメソスケール / 微細循環 / 海洋のサブメソスケール微細循環 / 黒潮続流域 / 海洋微細構造 / 経年から十年規模変動 / スケール間相互作用 / 海洋生態系
Outline of Research at the Start

日本南岸に沿う黒潮から離岸して東方に流れる黒潮続流の海域では、多くの中規模渦により高塩高温の南と低温低塩の北との海水交換が行われている。また、黒潮続流は流路変動と中規模渦が少ない安定期と、その反対の不安定期が数年毎に入れ替わる。一方、衛星観測などでサブメソスケールの渦や筋状の微細循環が観測されている。その微細循環は冬季に活発で、中規模渦、海流、物質循環に影響を及ぼすが、その長期変動は観測データがなく不明である。そこで、高解像度海洋モデルで、黒潮続流の海域で冬季に活発な微細循環の経年から十年規模の変動とそのメカニズムを明らかにし、さらにその変動と黒潮続流の変動、気候変動との関連を調べる。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We aim to reveal the interannual variations of oceanic submesoscale circulations by using the outputs from a hindcast simulation of a high-resolution ocean model. The submesoscale circulations are active in winter caused by baroclinic instability within the mixed layer. In the subtropical northeastern Pacific, the submesoscale circulations are more active in the El Nino winter than in other winters, due to the enhanced instability. The mixed layer depth in winter is relatively shallow in the Kuroshio Extension region compared to the surrounding areas, which is due to the restratification induced by submesoscale circulations. Based on the estimation of the instability intensity from mixed layer depth and surface density gradient, there is a possibility that the variations of submesoscale circulations are estimated from the observation data at a relatively coarse resolution.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、黒潮続流域などで冬季に活発になる微細循環の経年変動を高解像度の海洋モデルの出力で示し、亜熱帯北東太平洋域ではエルニーニョ年に微細循環が活発になることを示した。さらに傾圧不安定の強度を推定することで、解像度が粗い観測データでも、微細循環の時空間変動を推定しうる手法を提案した。これらの結果は、温暖化を含む気候変動が海洋表層の傾圧不安定の強度に影響を及ぼすことで冬季の微細循環が時空間的に変動し、その変動が中規模渦や海流などの大循環や生態系を含む物質循環まで影響が及ぶことを示唆している。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2022 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Hawaii/California Institute of Technology(米国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Interannual Variations of Submesoscale Circulations in the Subtropical Northeastern Pacific2022

    • Author(s)
      Sasaki Hideharu、Qiu Bo、Klein Patrice、Nonaka Masami、Sasai Yoshikazu
    • Journal Title

      Geophysical Research Letters

      Volume: 49 Issue: 7

    • DOI

      10.1029/2021gl097664

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Submesoscale Frontal Instabilities Modulate Large‐Scale Distribution of the Winter Deep Mixed Layer in the Kuroshio‐Oyashio Extension2022

    • Author(s)
      Ding Yang、Xu Lixiao、Xie Shang‐Ping、Sasaki Hideharu、Zhang Zhengguang、Cao Haijin、Zhang Yang
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

      Volume: 127 Issue: 12 Pages: 729-742

    • DOI

      10.1029/2022jc018915

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Interannual to Decadal Variations of Submesoscale Motions in the Subtropical North Pacific2022

    • Author(s)
      Hideharu Sasaki, Bo Qiu, Patrice Klein, Masami Nonaka, Yoshikazu Sasai
    • Organizer
      Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Interannual variations of submesoscale motions in the subtropical Eastern Pacific2022

    • Author(s)
      Hideharu Sasaki
    • Organizer
      International workshop for mid-latitude air-sea interaction
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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