The Four Patterns of the East Branch of the Kuroshio Bifurcation in the Luzon Strait

Based on the self-organizing map (SOM) method, a suite of satellite measurement data, and Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) reanalysis data, the east branch of the Kuroshio bifurcation is found to have four coherent patterns associated with mesoscale eddies in the Pacific Ocean: anomalous southw...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ruili Sun, Fangguo Zhai, Yanzhen Gu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-12-01
Series:Water
Subjects:
SOM
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/12/1822