Decadal variability of meridional geostrophic volume transport in the tropical North Pacific Ocean: Relation to Sverdrup transports in observations and climate models

Hui Zhou, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China, Dongliang Yuan, First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao, China, Lina Yang, First Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao, China and William K Dewar, Florida State Univ, Tallahassee, United States