Variability of surface velocity in the Kuroshio Current and adjacent waters derived from Argos drifter buoys and satellite altimeter data

Chao Ma; Dexing Wu; Xiaopei Lin

doi:10.1007/s00343-009-9260-6

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Variability of surface velocity in the Kuroshio Current and adjacent waters derived from Argos drifter buoys and satellite altimeter data

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- Variability of surface velocity in the Kuroshio Current and adjacent waters derived from Argos drifter buoys and satellite altimeter data
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 27, Issue 2, Pages: 208-217(2009)
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  Physical Oceanography Laboratory Ocean University of China
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-009-9260-6
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- Online First：12 July 2009，
  
  Published：2009
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Ma, C., Wu, D. & Lin, X. Variability of surface velocity in the Kuroshio Current and adjacent waters derived from Argos drifter buoys and satellite altimeter data., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 27, 208–217 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-009-9260-6
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Ma, C., Wu, D. & Lin, X. Variability of surface velocity in the Kuroshio Current and adjacent waters derived from Argos drifter buoys and satellite altimeter data., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 27, 208–217 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-009-9260-6 DOI：

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By combining Argos drifter buoys and TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data

the time series of sea-surface velocity fields in the Kuroshio Current (KC) and adjacent regions are established. And the variability of the KC from the Luzon Strait to the Tokara Strait is studied based on the velocity fields. The results show that the dominant variability period varies in different segments of the KC: The primary period near the Luzon Strait and to the east of Taiwan Island is the intra-seasonal time scale; the KC on the continental shelf of the ECS is the steadiest segment without obvious periodicity

while the Tokara Strait shows the period of seasonal variability. The diverse periods are caused by the Rossby waves propagating from the interior ocean

with adjustments in topography of island chain and local wind stress.

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