Review of oceanic mesoscale processes in the North Pacific: Physical and biogeochemical impacts

Ueno, H., Bracco, A., Barth, J., Budyansky, M., Hasegawa, D., Itoh, S., Kim, S., Ladd, C., Lin, X., Park, Y.-G., Prants, S., Ross, T., Rypina, I., Sasai, Y., Trusenkova, O., Ustinova, E., & Zhong, Y., 2023. Review of oceanic mesoscale processes in the North Pacific: Physical and biogeochemical impacts. Progress In Oceanography, 102955. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2022.102955

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This is a review of our current state of knowledge about mesoscale eddies over most of the North Pacific north of 20°N. The paper focuses on physical and dynamical properties, physical-biogeochemical interactions, impacts on the marine ecosystem, and the effects of climate variability and change. The basin is divided into four regions, and the knowns, unknowns, and in-betweens are summarized for each region.