Interannual variability in the mid- and low-latitude western North Pacific

Abstract

Twenty-two years (1967-88) of hydrographic data collected along the 137°E meridian and surface wind data were analyzed. In the midlatitude region north of 22°N, the dominant signal in the dynamic height field was the interannual path variations of the Kuroshio. In the low-latitude region along 137°E, fluctuations in the surface height anomaly field had a meridionally coherent structure, and large surface height drops coincided with the ENSO events in the tropical Pacific. -from Authors