Reveal of Dynamics of Barotropic Exchange between the Sea of Okhotsk and North Pacific through Tidal Forcing in High-Resolution Ocean General Circulation Model: the Modification of the Western Boundary Current Pathway by Tidal Rectification

Hung Wei Shu1, Humio Mitsudera2, Kaihe Yamazaki3, Takao Kawasaki4, Hideharu Sasaki5, Tomohiro Nakamura6 and Hatsumi Nishikawa2, (1)Hokkaido University, Pan-Okhotsk Research Center, Institute of Low-Temperature Sciecne, Sapporo, Japan, (2)Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, (3)Hokkaido University, Institute of Low-Temperature Science, Sapporo, Japan, (4)Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan, (5)JAMSTEC, Yokohama, Japan, (6)Hokkaido Univ, Sapporo, Japan