Table 2 Mean value, standard deviation and trend (/year) with p value in the parentheses for the area-averaged EKE (units: cm2/s2), LEKE (units: cm2/s2) and eddy amplitude (units: cm) over the Kuroshio Extension region (black rectangle in Fig. 1a).
Mean value | Standard deviation | Trend | |
|---|---|---|---|
EKE | 603.67 | 83.89 | 0.33 (0.65) |
LEKE | 651.83 | 119.93 | 1.99 (0.00) |
CE-LEKE | 716.05 | 177.40 | 1.79 (0.01) |
AE-LEKE | 583.7 | 101.0 | 1.83 (0.01) |
CE-amplitude | 14.93 | 1.76 | − 0.02 (0.98) |
AE-amplitude | 14.20 | 1.65 | 0.00 (1.00) |