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Kuroshio Extension System Study (KESS). The KE alternates between stable and meandering states on decadal time scales. Both states were observed during KESS.
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Kuroshio Extension System Study (KESS) The KE alternates between stable and meandering states on decadal time scales. Both states were observed during KESS. KESS GOAL: Identify and quantify the processes governing the variability of, and interactions between, the Kuroshio Extension, its recirculation gyre, and the North Pacific storm track.