Formation and Movement of the ESIW as Modeled by MICOM |
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| Authors: | Kuk Jin Kim Young Ho Seung |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Oceanography, Inha University, Yonghyun-dong 253, Nam-gu, Inchon, Korea |
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| Abstract: | The presence of the minimum salinity and oxygen-rich East Sea Intermediate Water (ESIW) off Korean coast has raised many questions
about its origin and movement. This study attempts to answer these questions in the context of numerical model. For this,
the Miami Isopycnic Coordinate Ocean Model is used with surface and inflow boundary conditions based on available data. Model
results show that the ESIW forms most distinctly off Vladivostok, where the center of doming structure is observed, and moves
southward along Korean coast forming a large cyclonic gyre around the doming. The renewed ESIW has the character of minimum
potential vorticity common to usual mode waters. These results are compatible with various indications made in previous observational
and theoretical studies. However, it is not known whether the doming structure is a result of convection or the latter is
favored by the former.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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| Keywords: | JES circulation ESIW MICOM numerical modeling |
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