TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of the Kuroshio fluctuations on sea level variations along the south coast of Japan
AU - Zhang, Zhongzhe
AU - Ichikawa, Kaoru
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Prof. Shiro Imawaki for his invaluable comments. Discussions with Dr. Shinichiro Umatani and members of Descriptive Marine Physics Laboratory, ESST at Kyushu University were especially useful for the present paper. Mr. Daisuke Ambe kindly provided the data of the Kuroshio axis. Comments from Dr. Atsuhiko Isobe and two anonymous reviewers were useful in improving our paper. This study was partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan.
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - The correlation between the Kuroshio and coastal sea level south of Japan has been examined using the altimetry and tide gauge data during the period 1992-2000. The sea level varies uniformly in a region bounded by the coast and the mean Kuroshio axis, which stretches for several hundred kilometers along the coast. These variations are related with the Kuroshio velocity, as coastal sea level decreases (or increases) when the Kuroshio is faster (or slower). To the east of the Kii Peninsula, where sea level variations are different from these to the west, movement of the Kuroshio axis additionally affects coastal sea level variations.
AB - The correlation between the Kuroshio and coastal sea level south of Japan has been examined using the altimetry and tide gauge data during the period 1992-2000. The sea level varies uniformly in a region bounded by the coast and the mean Kuroshio axis, which stretches for several hundred kilometers along the coast. These variations are related with the Kuroshio velocity, as coastal sea level decreases (or increases) when the Kuroshio is faster (or slower). To the east of the Kii Peninsula, where sea level variations are different from these to the west, movement of the Kuroshio axis additionally affects coastal sea level variations.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10872-006-0014-1
DO - 10.1007/s10872-006-0014-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:31744447928
SN - 0916-8370
VL - 61
SP - 979
EP - 985
JO - Journal of Oceanography
JF - Journal of Oceanography
IS - 5
ER -