Observing mesoscale eddy effects on mode-water subduction and transport in the North Pacific

Lixiao Xu; Peiliang Li; Shang-Ping Xie; Qinyu Liu; Cong Liu; Wendian Gao

doi:10.1038/ncomms10505

Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

Observing mesoscale eddy effects on mode-water subduction and transport in the North Pacific

Lixiao Xu,
Peiliang Li,
Shang-Ping Xie,
Qinyu Liu,
Cong Liu,
Wendian Gao

Affiliations

Lixiao Xu: Physical Oceanography Laboratory/Qingdao Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Science and Technology, Ocean University of China
Peiliang Li: Physical Oceanography Laboratory/Qingdao Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Science and Technology, Ocean University of China
Shang-Ping Xie: Physical Oceanography Laboratory/Qingdao Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Science and Technology, Ocean University of China
Qinyu Liu: Physical Oceanography Laboratory/Qingdao Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Science and Technology, Ocean University of China
Cong Liu: Physical Oceanography Laboratory/Qingdao Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Science and Technology, Ocean University of China
Wendian Gao: Physical Oceanography Laboratory/Qingdao Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Science and Technology, Ocean University of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10505
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Physical processes by which mesoscale eddies affect subduction remain unclear. Here, through a specially designed eddy-resolving field experiment, the authors capture the eddy enhancement of mode water subduction and transport, and confirm the dominance of eddy lateral advection over the eddy trapping effect.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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