Diagnostic calculation of the North Pacific circulation based on seasonal climatic data

The present paper deals with the study of the North Pacific circulation and its seasonal variability according to Levitus (1994) and Hellerman, Rosenstein (1982) climatic data. The Novosibirsk Computing Center North Pacific Circulation Model based on the finite element technique was used for the calculation of the climatic currents, as well as the mass and heat fluxes. To avoid some unbalanceness of the climatic data the short-range prognostic experiments were carried out after diagnosis for each season.