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

Jun Nishioka1, Youhei Yamashita2, Hajime Obata3, Kazuya Ono1, Ichiro Yasuda4, Alex Scherbinin5 and Yuri Nikolaevich Volkov5, (1)Hokkaido University, Institute of low temperature science, Sapporo, Japan, (2)Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, (3)Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan, (4)Atmosphere Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan, (5)Far Eastern Regional Hydrometeorological Research Institute, Vladivostok, Russia