ONR Japan East Sea Science Themes

Themes

  1. Circulation, water mass modification, heat and freshwater budgets. Relation of these to wind/buoyancy forcing and topography
  2. Structure and dynamics of the eddy field. Relation of these to the circulation, stratification and forcing, including inflow/outflow and variable surface forcing.
  3. Relation of biological and optical fields to circulation and eddy features.
Subthemes
  1. Tsushima Current and branching
  2. East Korea Warm Current and Ulleung Basin separation
  3. Subpolar Front
  4. Eddy structures and lifetimes
  5. Response of JES to cold air outbreaks
  6. Mechanisms of ventilation in the northern JES and along the subpolar front