TY - JOUR
T1 - Estimating the Kuroshio axis south of Japan using combination of satellite altimetry and drifting buoys
AU - Ambe, Daisuke
AU - Imakawi, Shiro
AU - Uchida, Hiroshi
AU - Ichikawa, Kaoru
PY - 2004/4
Y1 - 2004/4
N2 - By tracking the locally strongest part of the sea-surface velocity field, which was obtained by integrating data of satellite altimeters and surface drifting buoys, we extracted the Kuroshio axis south of Japan every 10 days from October 1992 to December 2000. The obtained axes clearly express the effect of the bottom topography; three modes were observed when the Kuroshio ran over the Izu Ridge. The axis was very stable to the south of 'Tosa-bae,' off the Kii Channel. Mean current speed at the Kuroshio axis gradually increased from 0.65 m/s south of Kyushu to 1.45 m/s off Enshu-nada.
AB - By tracking the locally strongest part of the sea-surface velocity field, which was obtained by integrating data of satellite altimeters and surface drifting buoys, we extracted the Kuroshio axis south of Japan every 10 days from October 1992 to December 2000. The obtained axes clearly express the effect of the bottom topography; three modes were observed when the Kuroshio ran over the Izu Ridge. The axis was very stable to the south of 'Tosa-bae,' off the Kii Channel. Mean current speed at the Kuroshio axis gradually increased from 0.65 m/s south of Kyushu to 1.45 m/s off Enshu-nada.
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U2 - 10.1023/B:JOCE.0000038343.31468.fe
DO - 10.1023/B:JOCE.0000038343.31468.fe
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2942517495
SN - 0916-8370
VL - 60
SP - 375
EP - 382
JO - Journal of Oceanography
JF - Journal of Oceanography
IS - 2
ER -