| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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| Research Abstract |
Using a coupled general circulation model, we have conducted two experiments with and without the South China Sea Throughflow(SCSTF). It is found that the model's sea surface temperature becomes cooler in the eastern and far western equatorial Pacific and south of Japan, but warmer in the South China Sea and the Kuroshio Extension region, when the SCSTF is blocked. In particular, the warmer South China Sea influenced the Walker Circulation in the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. Also, the dominant period of El Nino/Southern Oscillation becomes longer without the SCSTF.
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