Weakened overturning and tide control the properties of Oyashio Intermediate Water, a key water mass in the North Pacific
Abstract The western subarctic Pacific exhibits major biological productivity fed by the Oyashio Current and its two source waters: Western Subarctic Water, which supplies nutrients from the subarctic Pacific, and cold Okhotsk Sea Intermediate Water (OSIW), which supplies iron from the Sea of Okhots...
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Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-07-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93901-6 |