Why Are High-Resolution Western Boundary Currents Required to Properly Model Their Influence on Mid-latitude Weather and Climate?

Rhys Parfitt, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography Department, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Young-Oh Kwon, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Arnaud Czaja, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Shoshiro Minobe, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan and Akira Kuwano-Yoshida, Kyoto University, Disaster Protection Research Institution, Shirahama, Japan