Figure 1: Trajectories of the AC and Argo-profiling floats.
From: Observing mesoscale eddy effects on mode-water subduction and transport in the North Pacific
(a) Trajectory of the target AC centre from 27 March to 10 September 2014 (thick red line). The star sign denotes where the 17 Argo floats are deployed. The black contours denote the mean dynamical topography (contour interval (CI)=10 cm) to illustrate the large-scale circulation, and the blue shading highlights the STMW-formation region with SST of 17–19 °C (18 °C in white contour) on 27 March. (b) Trajectories of the 17 Argo floats (symbols with colours indicating the time). The trajectories end on 10 September 2014 when the AC dissipated. The symbol intervals for each float are daily. The grey shading indicates water depth (CI=500 m; the −2,000 and −4,000 m contours are highlighted in thin black lines). A major bathymetric feature in the region is the Izu Ridge along 140°E.
