Iron distribution in the East Kamchatka Current and its influence to the NPIW

Jun Nishioka1, Youhei Yamashita2, Hajime Obata3, Kazuya Ono4, Ichiro Yasuda5, Alex Scherbinin6 and Yuri Nikolaevich Volkov6, (1)Pan-Okhotsk Research Center, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, (2)Hokkaido University, Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Sapporo, Japan, (3)Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan, (4)Hokkaido University, Institute of low temperature science, Sapporo, Japan, (5)Atmosphere Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan, (6)Far Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute, Vladivostok, Russia