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For the first time, this study identifies the detailed spatiotemporal structure of the mesoscale features in the NES and the mechanism of its occurrence and evolution, which have important consequences on the distribution of the intermediate water masses in the East Sea. Here, we show that mesoscale thermodynamic phenomena in the northwestern region of the East Sea are characterized by a dipole structure associated with positive and negative sea surface height anomalies. These result in a strong thermal gradient between the seasonally non-persistent anomalies, which emerge and strengthen during late fall and early winter. In contrast to the previous finding of the relationship between winter monsoon winds and mesoscale features in the NES, we found that this relationship is crucial only to the emergence of the mesoscale phenomena. Consequently, we present a new perspective on the evolution mechanism of the mesoscale features in the NES. Of direct significance to the present study, thermohaline transport into the northwestern region of the East Sea regulates the strengthening and weakening of mesoscale features in the NES. Wind forcing may contribute to the emergence of the mesoscale features in the NES and then the intensification of the mesoscale activities is attributed to the intrusion of warm and fresh surface water advected from the southern part of the East Sea.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13061071","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,11]],"date-time":"2021-03-11T20:17:40Z","timestamp":1615493860000},"page":"1071","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Occurrence and Evolution of Mesoscale Thermodynamic Phenomena in the Northern Part of the East Sea (Japan Sea) Derived from Satellite Altimeter Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Taekyun","family":"Kim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth and Marine Science, College of Ocean Sciences, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea"}]},{"given":"Hyeong-Jun","family":"Jo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Operational Systems Development Department, National Institute of Meteorological Sciences, Seogwipo 63568, Korea"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7758-4196","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jae-Hong","family":"Moon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth and Marine Science, College of Ocean Sciences, Jeju National University, Jeju 63243, Korea"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1492","DOI":"10.1175\/1520-0442(1989)002<1492:TIOSST>2.0.CO;2","article-title":"The influence of sea surface temperature on surface wind in the eastern equatorial Pacific: Seasonal and interannual variability","volume":"2","author":"Wallace","year":"1989","journal-title":"J. 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