Sb-ADCP data from Liang et al.
(DSR Pt. II, in press)
6 year mean from HYCOM forced with
high-frequency ECMWF
winds and thermal forcing
No ocean data assimilation in
HYCOM
Velocity Cross-section East of
Taiwan
Sb-ADCP data (top) vs. 1/12° Pacific HYCOM (bottom) in the upper 300 m
Sections at 22°N, 23°N, 24°N and
25°N
121E
122E
123E
121E
122E
123E
121E
122E
123E
121E
122E
123E
100
200
300
22°N
23°N
24°N
25°N
Note how the two-core Kuroshio
merges to a single jet in both the observations
and HYCOM from the south to north
along the Taiwan coast