Two Pathways of Subsurface Spiciness Anomalies in the Subtropical South Pacific

Subduction and migration of density-compensated (warm/salty or cool/fresh) temperature and salinity water-mass anomalies on isopycnals, referred to as spiciness anomalies, are examined in the subtropical gyre of the South Pacific using an observational dataset. The present results demonstrate that t...

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Main Authors: Yoshi N. Sasaki, Yuma Iwai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Climate
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2022.897498/full