Pacific western boundary currents and their roles in climate

Dunxin Hu, Lixin Wu (), Wenju Cai (), Alex Sen Gupta, Alexandre Ganachaud, Bo Qiu, Arnold L. Gordon, Xiaopei Lin, Zhaohui Chen, Shijian Hu, Guojian Wang, Qingye Wang, Janet Sprintall, Tangdong Qu, Yuji Kashino, Fan Wang and William S. Kessler
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Dunxin Hu: Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lixin Wu: Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Qingdao Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Science and Technology, Ocean University of China
Wenju Cai: Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Qingdao Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Science and Technology, Ocean University of China
Alex Sen Gupta: Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, Mathews Building, The University of New South Wales
Alexandre Ganachaud: Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), UMR5566-LEGOS, UPS (OMP-PCA)
Bo Qiu: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Arnold L. Gordon: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Earth Institute at Columbia University
Xiaopei Lin: Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Qingdao Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Science and Technology, Ocean University of China
Zhaohui Chen: Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Qingdao Collaborative Innovation Center of Marine Science and Technology, Ocean University of China
Shijian Hu: Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Guojian Wang: CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship
Qingye Wang: Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Janet Sprintall: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Tangdong Qu: IPRC, SOEST, University of Hawaii
Yuji Kashino: Center for Earth Information Science and Technology, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Fan Wang: Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
William S. Kessler: NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

Nature, 2015, vol. 522, issue 7556, 299-308

Abstract: Abstract Pacific Ocean western boundary currents and the interlinked equatorial Pacific circulation system were among the first currents of these types to be explored by pioneering oceanographers. The widely accepted but poorly quantified importance of these currents—in processes such as the El Niño/Southern Oscillation, the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and the Indonesian Throughflow—has triggered renewed interest. Ongoing efforts are seeking to understand the heat and mass balances of the equatorial Pacific, and possible changes associated with greenhouse-gas-induced climate change. Only a concerted international effort will close the observational, theoretical and technical gaps currently limiting a robust answer to these elusive questions.

Date: 2015
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