General Circulation Model (GCM) Modeling

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Comparison of 1/10° POP GCM results with Observations

Section across the Kuroshio jet (a,b) potential density (0.2 kg m^-3 intervals), (c,d) planetary potential vorticity (0.5 × 10^-10 m^-1 s^-1 intervals), and (e,f) east velocity (0.125 m s^-1 intervals) sections from the POP model averaged over the last week of May 1999 (left column) and from a CTD section collected in late May 2004 (right column) near 145°E. Thick contours indicate the depths σ_θ = 25.0 and 25.5, Q = 2 × 10^-10 m^-1 s^-1, and u = 0 respectively. Potential vorticity contours (1.2 × 10^-10 m^-1 s^-1) are also plotted in (e,f). The STMW is indicated by the hatched area.

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