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Takikawa et al. 2005
Takikawa, T., Ichikawa, H., Ichikawa, K. and Kawae, S. (2005). Extraordinary subsurface mesoscale eddy detected in the southeast of Okinawa in February 2002. Geophysical Research Letters 32: doi: 10.1029/2005GL023842. issn: 0094-8276.

In February 2002, a subsurface mesoscale eddy with extraordinary features was detected at a depth of about 300 dbar in the southeast of Okinawa (a part of the Ryukyu Islands). The water mass occupying this subsurface eddy is characterized as the North Pacific Subtropical Mode Water (NPSTMW) with salinity maximum and thick thermostad; its temperature, salinity and potential density at the core of the eddy are 18.4¿C, 34.81 and 25.06 σ$theta$, respectively. Thickness and width of the eddy are about 300 m and 100 km, respectively. Mixing between the eddy and the surrounding water mass is also found. Such eddy with the NPSTMW has never been detected during ten years.

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Keywords
Oceanography, Physical, Eddies and mesoscale processes, Oceanography, General, Water masses, Geographic Location, Pacific Ocean
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Geophysical Research Letters
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