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Here, we show that the KE jet underwent enhanced warming (increased 1\u20131.5 \u00b0C), intensification (8\u201319%) and northward migration (0.5\u20131\u00b0). The KE jet became more perturbed in the upstream region (increased by 70%, west of 146\u00b0E) but became stable downstream (perturbation decreased 5\u201311%, east of 146\u00b0E). A poleward shift of the mid-latitude jet stream and weakened Aleutian Low (AL) contributed to the northward migration and intensification of the KE jet, respectively. The weakened AL was associated with negative wind stress curl (WSC) in the eastern Pacific, and this WSC generated an underlying positive sea surface height anomaly that propagated westward, intensifying the KE jet when it reached the KE region. Since the recent Pacific hiatus regime ended after 2013, these changes of the KE jet may reverse during the ongoing warming regime.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs11010101","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,9]],"date-time":"2019-01-09T03:06:06Z","timestamp":1547003166000},"page":"101","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Enhanced Warming and Intensification of the Kuroshio Extension, 1999\u20132013"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"You-Lin","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 116, Taiwan"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2567-4664","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chau-Ron","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei 116, Taiwan"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,1,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"299","DOI":"10.1038\/nature14504","article-title":"Pacific western boundary currents and their roles in climate","volume":"522","author":"Hu","year":"2015","journal-title":"Nature"},{"key":"ref_2","unstructured":"Nitani, H. 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