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Fig. 6

From: Future dynamic sea level change in the western subtropical North Pacific associated with ocean heat uptake and heat redistribution by ocean circulation under global warming

Fig. 6

Thermosteric sea level change (cm) due to the added heat TA (∆ηTA) in the faf-heat experiment and in the case when the area to which the application of heat flux is limited to b the subtropical gyre region (4° N–38° N, 100° E–100° W), c the subpolar gyre region (38° N–64° N, 100° E–100° W), d the southern part of the subtropical gyre (4° N–20° N, 130° E–130° W), and e the area excluding the Kuroshio and the Kuroshio Extension recirculation (20° N–35° N, 120° E–160° E) for MIROC5.2. Note that the basin average in the North Pacific is subtracted at each grid. The numbers on each figure show the basin average of the North Pacific (NP mean) and the area average of the deviation in the Kuroshio Extension recirculation (KR mean). Contours indicate the climatological DSL in piControl. The solid boxes indicate the area given by heat flux perturbation (b, c), and the dotted box indicates the area excluding the heat flux perturbation (e)

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