Abstract: By using the accumulated datasets of CTD-XBT comparison experiments since 1985, the depth errors for both T-7 and T-6 probes were reexamined. All the XBT probes used here were manufactured by the Tsurumi-Seiki Company, ...

Abstract: Four years of mooring array measurements in Tokara Strait, south of Kyushu, Japan, from 1992 to 1996 are used to analyze the structure and temporal variability of the Kuroshio Current. The mean Kuroshio current in Tokara ...

Abstract: This paper discusses the role of the Izu Ridge in blocking the Kuroshio large meander from propagating eastward across the ridge. It is shown that a combination of the sloping bottom with baroclinicity in the Kuroshio flow ...

Abstract: In this paper, results of a high-resolution regional model of the Kuroshio?Oyashio confluence, where the mixed water region (MWR) forms off the northeastern coast of Japan, are discussed. The model simulates major ...