East China Sea

 
Schematic paths of the Kuroshio and its branches in the ECS. IES array is indicated by the blue diamonds and triangles.
Schematic paths of the Kuroshio and its branches in the ECS. IES array is indicated by the blue diamonds and triangles.

Variability of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea, and its Relationship to the Ryukyu Current

Field Program

December 2002 – November 2004

Principal Investigators

Mark Wimbush, University of Rhode Island
D. Randolph Watts, University of Rhode Island
William J. Teague, Naval Research Laboratory

Funding for this project was supplied by the Office of Naval Research.

Goal

To characterize and understand the dynamics of the time varying structure and transport of the Western Boundary Current system at 26-28N in the Northwest Pacific Ocean, in particular the Kuroshio in the East China Sea (ECS), and the Ryukyu Current.

Publications/Presentations

  • Andres, M. An observational study of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea: local, regional and basin-wide perspectives on a western boundary current. PhD dissertation, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, 2008. 136 pp. (PDF)
  • Andres, M., C.-S. Hong, J.-H. Lee, B.-H. Lim, J.-H. Park, K. L. Tracey, M. Wimbush, K.-I. Chang, H. Ichikawa, D.-K. Lee, D. A. Mitchell, W. Teague, and D. Watts. East China Sea Kuroshio 2002-2004 data report. GSO Technical Report 2005-02, University of Rhode Island, 2005. (PDF)
  • Andres, M., J.-H. Park, M. Wimbush, X.-H. Zhu, and K.-I. C. H. Ichikawa. Study of the Kuroshio/Ryukyu current system based on satellite-altimeter and in situ measurements. Journal of Oceanography, 64:937–950, 2008. (doi:10.1007/s10872-008-0077-2)
  • Andres, M., M. Wimbush, J.-H. Park, K.-I. Chang, B.-H. Lim, D. R. Watts, H. Ichikawa, and W. J. Teague. Observations of Kuroshio flow variations in the East China Sea. J. Geophys. Res., 113(C05013), 2008. (doi:10.1029/2007JC004200)
  • Andres, M., J.-H. Park, M. Wimbush, X.-H. Zhu, H. Nakamura, K. Kim, and K.-I. Chang. Manifestation of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation in the Kuroshio. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36(L16602), 2009. (doi:10.1029/2009GL039216)
  • Park, J. H., M. Andres, P. J. Martin, M. Wimbush, and D. R. Watts. Second-mode internal tides in the East China Sea deduced from historical hydrocasts and a model. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33(L05602), 2006. (doi:10.1029/2005GL024732)
  • Zhu, X.-H., J.-H. Park, M. Wimbush, and C.-H. Yang. Comment on “Current system east of the Ryukyu Islands” by A. Nagano et al. J. Geophys. Res., 113(C03020), 2008. (doi:10.1029/2007JC004458)

Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, Florida, March 2008

  • Andres, M., J. Park, M. Wimbush, and K. Chang. 10-70 day variability of Kuroshio transport in the East China Sea. 2008.

Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 2006

14th PAMS/JECSS Meeting, Hiroshima, Japan, May 23-26, 2007

Second International Symposium on PEACE (Program for East Asian Cooperative Experiments), Kyushu, Japan, November 2004

  • Chang, K.-I., C.-S. Hong, M.Wimbush, and H. Ichikawa. Moored ADCP measurements on the continental slope of the East China Sea. 2004.

Annual Reports of ONR Sponsored Research

  • Wimbush, M., D.R. Watts, and K.-I. Chang, “Kuroshio variability on the shelf of the East China Sea.” 2003, 2004, 2005
  • Wimbush, M., D.R. Watts, and W.J. Teague, “Variability of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea, and its relationship to the Ryukyu Current.” 2003, 2004