I have been investigating the mechanisms of the seasonal and interannual transport variations of the Kuroshio using a high resolution ocean general circulation model with quite realistic configurations and clarified those mechanisms in terms of the torque balance. Now I'll carry out a further long- term simulation in order to understand the mechanism of the low frequency variability (e.g., the decadal variability) of the subtropical gyre in the North Pacific as well as its relation to the variability of the tropical ocean circulation or to the atmospheric low frequency variability.
I have also been doing the numerical simulation of the world ocean with 1/6 degree horizontal resolution. This is a cooperative study between the Frontier Research System for Global Change and the National Aerospace Laboratory, STA. I hope this work becomes a stepping- stone for the numerical simulation of the world ocean circulation with a super high resolution on the Earth Simulator and that I can contribute to accomplish such simulation that may give the break through to the physical oceanography.
気候変動予測研究領域
本田 明治
Climate Variations
Research Program
Dr.Meiji Honda