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
- Andres, M., J. Park, and M. Wimbush. Variation of the Kuroshio in the East China Sea. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), 2006. Ocean Sci. Meet. Suppl., Abstract OS54B-05.
14th PAMS/JECSS Meeting, Hiroshima, Japan, May 23-26, 2007
- Andres, M., J.-H. Park, M. Wimbush, K.-I. Chang, and H. Ichikawa. Observations of Kuroshio variability in the East China Sea. 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.