Weakened overturning and tide control the properties of Oyashio Intermediate Water, a key water mass in the North Pacific

Abstract The western subarctic Pacific exhibits major biological productivity fed by the Oyashio Current and its two source waters: Western Subarctic Water, which supplies nutrients from the subarctic Pacific, and cold Okhotsk Sea Intermediate Water (OSIW), which supplies iron from the Sea of Okhots...

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Main Authors: Vigan Mensah, Kay. I. Ohshima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93901-6