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High-resolution numerical simulation of the Pacific Ocean

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The present study developed Pacific Ocean models from the Research Institute for Applied Mechanics Ocean Model (RIAMOM) with very high horizontal (1/6° and 1/12°) and vertical (70 levels) resolutions. The hydrographic features of the simulations show good agreement with observed climatological features. Solution differences between the 1/6° and 1/12° models are small for general features of various physical components, but large for eddy fields and the strengths of western boundary currents and their extensions. However, the two high-resolution models show realistic climatological features of Pacific Ocean circulation patterns. Volume transports through major straits in the northwestern Pacific Ocean were also simulated and compared with previous observational results.

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  1. Global Environment System Research Laboratory, National Institute of Meteorological Research/KMA, Seoul, Korea

    Sung Hyup You

  2. Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Jong Hwan Yoon

  3. National Institute of Meteorological Research, Korea Meteorological Administration, 45 Gisangcheong-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 156-720, Korea

    Sung Hyup You

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You, S.H., Yoon, J.H. High-resolution numerical simulation of the Pacific Ocean. Asia-Pacific J Atmos Sci 46, 97–112 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13143-010-0010-7

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