Figure 4: The AOU cross-sections along southeastern and northwestern flanks of the AC based on data from the 17 Argo floats.
From: Observing mesoscale eddy effects on mode-water subduction and transport in the North Pacific
The southeastern and northwestern sections are denoted in thick black lines in Fig. 2g. Vertical sections along (a) the SE and (b) the NW flank of the AC during March to April; the horizontal ordinate is the distance from the southernmost point. Time-depth sections averaged along the (c) southeastern and (d) northwestern tracks. Colour shades denote AOU (ml kg−1). Black contours denote potential density fields; with thick curves represent the isopycnal 25.0 and 25.5 kg m−3, corresponding to the top and bottom of the STMW layer, respectively.
