Abstract
This study investigated submesoscale motions (SMs) and transport over the Izu-Ogasawara Ridge, located off mainland Japan, using a double-nested Regional Oceanic Modeling System (ROMS). Both the Kuroshio and tides largely influence physical processes in this area. The mean and submesoscale kinetic energies (MKE and SKE, respectively) were calculated using a horizontal Gaussian filter. Tidal forcing enhances SKE through Reynolds stress due to mean velocity shear (barotropic conversion); meanwhile, tides suppress the MKE and total kinetic energy. This implies that tidal forcing contributes to energy transfer from large-scale motions to smaller scales, which results in accelerated kinetic energy dissipation. Energy conversion from submesoscale potential energy to SKE (baroclinic conversion) is reduced by tidal forcing. In the summer, SKE is generated by barotropic conversion and suppressed by negative baroclinic conversion. On the other hand, in winter, SKE is enhanced by both barotropic and baroclinic conversions.
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