TY - JOUR
T1 - Partition of the North Pacific Ocean based on similarity in temporal variations of the SST anomaly
AU - Iwasaka, Naoto
AU - Hanawa, Kimio
AU - Toba, Yoshiaki
N1 - Funding Information:
The present study was performed as part of the Ocean Mixed Layer Experiment, OMLET (Chairman: Y. Toba), one of the Japanese WCRP activities which are financially supported by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture.
Publisher Copyright:
© 1988, Meteorological Society of Japan.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - In order to understand the characteristics of large-scale SST anomaly fluctuations, a cluster analysis with respect to similarities in their temporal variation is made of the SST anomaly field in the North Pacific. This analysis can extract a subdomain of coherent SST anomaly fluctuations in the middle latitude western part of the North Pacific (REGION A), although previous EOF studies of the SST anomaly in the North Pacific did not extract such a subdomain. In addition, the North Pacific Ocean is divided into four major subdomains, that is, the northwestern subdomain (REGION A), the western tropical subdomain (REGION B), the central North Pacific (REGION C), and the eastern boundary region (REGION D). Oceanic and atmospheric conditions characterizing such subdomains are discussed.
AB - In order to understand the characteristics of large-scale SST anomaly fluctuations, a cluster analysis with respect to similarities in their temporal variation is made of the SST anomaly field in the North Pacific. This analysis can extract a subdomain of coherent SST anomaly fluctuations in the middle latitude western part of the North Pacific (REGION A), although previous EOF studies of the SST anomaly in the North Pacific did not extract such a subdomain. In addition, the North Pacific Ocean is divided into four major subdomains, that is, the northwestern subdomain (REGION A), the western tropical subdomain (REGION B), the central North Pacific (REGION C), and the eastern boundary region (REGION D). Oceanic and atmospheric conditions characterizing such subdomains are discussed.
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U2 - 10.2151/jmsj1965.66.3_433
DO - 10.2151/jmsj1965.66.3_433
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0007319350
VL - 66
SP - 433
EP - 443
JO - Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan
JF - Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan
SN - 0026-1165
IS - 3
ER -