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Temporal and spatial variations of oceanic submesoscales induced by mixed layer instabilities in the Kuroshio Extension region

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25400473
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Meteorology/Physical oceanography/Hydrology
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, アプリケーションラボ, 主任研究員 (50359220)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SASAI Yoshikazu  国立研究開発法人海洋研究開発機構, 地球環境観測研究開発センター, グループリーダ代理 (40419130)
Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000)
Keywords海洋循環場 / サブメソスケール / スケール間相互作用 / 時空間変動 / 海洋サブメソスケール現象 / エネルギー逆カスケード / 季節変動 / 海洋サブメソスケール / 高解像度海洋シミュレーション / 海洋生態系
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The outputs from the North Pacific high-resolution ocean simulation at horizontal resolution of 3km were used to investigate oceanic submesoscale structures with the scale from several km to several ten km. The simulation demonstrated seasonality of submesoscales, active in winter, in the Northwestern Pacific. The rich winter submesoscales are induced by the mixed layer instabilities. The temporal-spatial variations should be diagnostically observed by the high-resolution sea surface height based on the geostrophic theory. In addition, large inverse kinetic energy cascade from small scales to large scales were observed in winter, but not in summer. This result suggests large impact of submesoscales on temporal and spatial variations of larger scale oceanic fields.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (22 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (2 results) Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 3 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (14 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 5 results) Remarks (3 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] IFREMER(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ハワイ大学(米国)

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Reconstructability of 3-dimensional upper ocean circulation from SWOT sea surface height measurements2016

    • Author(s)
      Qiu, B., S. Chen, P. Klein, C. Ubelmann, L.-L. Fu, and H. Sasaki
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physical Oceanography

      Volume: 46 Issue: 3 Pages: 947-963

    • DOI

      10.1175/jpo-d-15-0188.1

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Impact of oceanic scale-interactions on the seasonal modulation of ocean dynamics by the atmosphere2014

    • Author(s)
      Sasaki, H, P. Klein, B. Qiu, Y. Sasai
    • Journal Title

      Nature Communications

      Volume: 5 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1038/ncomms6636

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Seasonal mesoscale and submesoscale eddy variability along the North Pacific Subtropical Countercurrent2014

    • Author(s)
      Qiu, B., S. Chen, P. Klein, H. Sasaki, and Y. Sasai
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physical Oceanography

      Volume: 44 Issue: 12 Pages: 3079-3098

    • DOI

      10.1175/jpo-d-14-0071.1

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Seasonal variations of meso/submesoscale dynamics in a high-resolution simulation of the North Pacific Ocean2016

    • Author(s)
      佐々木 英治, P. Klein, 笹井 義一
    • Organizer
      CLIVAR/JAMSTEC Workshop on the Kuroshio Current and Extension System: Theory, Observations, and Ocean Climate Modelling
    • Place of Presentation
      海洋研究開発機構(神奈川県、横浜市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-01-12
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Seasonal variations of submesoscale dynamics in high-resolution simulation of the North Pacific2015

    • Author(s)
      佐々木 英治, P. Klein, 笹井 義一
    • Organizer
      日本海洋学会 2015年度秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      愛媛大学(愛媛県、松山市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-26
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Influence of oceanic mesoscale and submesoscale dynamics on biogeochemical reactions2015

    • Author(s)
      笹井 義一, P. Klein, 佐々木 英治
    • Organizer
      日本海洋学会 2015年度秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      愛媛大学(愛媛県、松山市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-26
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Impact of oceanic scale-interactions on the seasonal modulation of ocean dynamics by the atmosphere2014

    • Author(s)
      Sasaki, H., P. Klein, B. Qiu, and Y. Sasai
    • Organizer
      American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2014
    • Place of Presentation
      Moscone Center(San Francisco, USA)
    • Year and Date
      2014-12-17
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Response of phytoplankton to submesoscale dynamics in the western North Pacific2014

    • Author(s)
      Sasai, Y., H. Sasaki, P. Klein, and B. Qiu
    • Organizer
      American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2014
    • Place of Presentation
      Moscone Center(San Francisco, USA)
    • Year and Date
      2014-12-17
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 黒潮続流域のサブメソスケールの季節変動とスケール間相互作用2014

    • Author(s)
      佐々木 英治
    • Organizer
      東京大学大気海洋研究所国際沿岸海洋研究センター研究集会 北太平洋を中心とする循環と水塊過程
    • Place of Presentation
      中央公民館(大槌町、岩手)
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-26
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Impact of oceanic scale-interactions on the seasonal modulation of ocean dynamics by the atmosphere2014

    • Author(s)
      Sasaki, H., P. Klein, B. Qiu, and Y. Sasai
    • Organizer
      Scale Interactions
    • Place of Presentation
      IFREMER(Brest, France)
    • Year and Date
      2014-06-24
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Impacts of submesoscale dynamics on the phytoplankton field in the western North Pacific2014

    • Author(s)
      Sasai, Y., K. Sasaoka, H. Sasaki, P. Klein, and B. Qiu
    • Organizer
      Scale Interactions
    • Place of Presentation
      IFREMER(Brest, France)
    • Year and Date
      2014-06-24
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Toward a realistic submesoscale resolving simulation2014

    • Author(s)
      Sasaki, H.
    • Organizer
      Working Group on Ocean Model Developement Workshop on High Resolution Ocean Climate Modeling
    • Place of Presentation
      Steigenberger Conti Hansa Hotel(Kirl, Germany)
    • Year and Date
      2014-04-24
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Seasonality of submesoscales around the Kuroshio Extension in a high-resolution simulation

    • Author(s)
      Sasaki, H., P. Klein, B. Qiu, and Y. Sasai
    • Organizer
      Development and application of Regional Climate Models-II
    • Place of Presentation
      Novotel Ambassador Busan, 釜山(韓国)
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Seasonality of submesoscales around the Kuroshio Extension in a high-resolution simulation

    • Author(s)
      佐々木 英治, P. Klein, B. Qiu, 笹井義一
    • Organizer
      2013年度日本海洋学会秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道大学(北海道)
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Seasonality of submesoscales around the Kuroshio Extension 
in a high-resolution realistic simulation

    • Author(s)
      Sasaki, H., P. Klein, B. Qiu, and Y. Sasai
    • Organizer
      2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Honolulu Convention Center, Honolulu (USA)
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 黒潮続流におけるクロロフィル分布に見られるサブメソスケール現象の季節性

    • Author(s)
      笹井義一, 笹岡晃征, 佐々木 英治
    • Organizer
      2013年度日本海洋学会秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道大学(北海道)
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Impacts of submesoscale dynamics on the phytoplankton field in the Kuroshio Extension

    • Author(s)
      Sasai, Y., K. Sasaoka, Sasaki, H., P. Klein, and B. Qiu
    • Organizer
      2014 Ocean Sciences Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Honolulu Convention Center, Honolulu (USA)
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] プレスリリース「北西太平洋の微小な渦が海洋循環へ与える影響を解明」

    • URL

      http://www.jamstec.go.jp/j/about/press_release/20141215/

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 研究成果:微小な海洋渦が中規模渦などの大きな現象に及ぼす影響

    • URL

      http://www.atmos.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/hotspot/jpn/organization/a02_5_achievement3.html

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report 2014 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 北西太平洋の微小な渦が海洋循環へ与える影響を解明  高解像度シミュレーションの結果から

    • URL

      http://www.jamstec.go.jp/j/about/press_release/20141215/

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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