Statistics on the currents in the seas adjacent to Japan.

Statistics on the currents in the seas adjacent to Japan have been carried out with use of approx. eighty thousand GEK data observed from 1953 to 1970. The statistics have been conducted for the vector mean, scalar mean, maximum velocity, stability and standard deviation in three statistical periods, the periods in which the large meander of the Kuroshio off Kishu and Enshu-nada is both absent and present, the overall period from 1953 to 1970. Although the detailed characteristics can be seen from the statistical atlases attached, the comprehensive characters of each statistical element in each region, and the relationships among them, are described. In general, the distributional pattern of each element is similar to each other, especially in the region of the Kuroshio. The variability,defined as (standard deviation) / (stability), of the Kuroshio propagates from west to east, and is larger in the period when the large meander is absent than in the period of its presence. A characteristic linear relationship between vector mean and scalar mean is significant in each region, and the other relationships between each element, except the maximum velocity, can be introduced from this basic relationship.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Nitani, Hideo, Yoshida, Shozo, Okumoto, Jun, Nakamura, Hiromi
Format:	Journal Contribution biblioteca
Language:	Japanese
Published:	1979
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1834/16304
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