The 2017 Kuroshio large meander and sporadic Kuroshio-water intrusion reproduced by a new operational system for monitoring and forecasting coastal and open ocean states around Japan


Nariaki Hirose1, Norihisa Usui2, Kei Sakamoto3, Hiroyuki Tsujino3, Goro Yamanaka2, Hideyuki Nakano3, Shogo Urakawa4, Takahiro Toyoda3, Yosuke Fujii4 and Nadao Kohno4, (1)Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency, Ibaraki, Japan, (2)Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, (3)Meteorological Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, (4)Meteorological Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan