Mechanisms for Maintaining Basin-Scale Atmospheric Response to Decadal Variability of the North Pacific Oceanic Frontal Zone

Satoru Okajima1, Hisashi Nakamura1, Kazuaki Nishii2, Takafumi Miyasaka1, Akira Kuwano-Yoshida3, Bunmei Taguchi4, Masato Mori1 and Yu Kosaka5, (1)Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, (2)Mie University, Graduate School of Bioresources, Tsu, Japan, (3)Kyoto University, Disaster Protection Research Institution, Shirahama, Japan, (4)University of Toyama, Faculty of Sustainable Design, Toyama, Japan, (5)Scripps Institute of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States