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Synchronous bidecadal periodic changes of oxygen, phosphate and temperature between the Japan Sea deep water and the North Pacific intermediate water
Author(s) -
Watanabe Yutaka W.,
Wakita Masahide,
Maeda Nobuhiro,
Ono Tsuneo,
Gamo Toshitaka
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2003gl018338
Subject(s) - geology , oceanography , anomaly (physics) , seawater , surface water , deep water , sea surface temperature , pacific ocean , phosphate , oxygen , water mass , environmental science , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , environmental engineering , condensed matter physics
From time series of dissolved oxygen (O 2 ), phosphate (PO 4 ) and water temperature (T) during the last forty years in the Japan Sea Deep Water and the North Pacific Intermediate Water, we found that O 2 , PO 4 and T show a clear bidecadal oscillations of about 18 years superimposed on the linear trends of decrease of 0.47 μmol‐O 2 kg −1 yr −1 and increase of 0.003 μmol‐PO 4 kg −1 yr −1 and 0.005°C yr −1 in both two oceanic areas. The changes of O 2 , PO 4 and T in the two oceanic areas were synchronized despite the water formation systems of each area being independent. Both the linear trends and the oscillations of O 2 , PO 4 and T in the two oceanic areas also showed a strong correlation with the anomaly of the sea surface level pressure in the North Pacific that possibly affects the change of surface oceanic condition.

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