Abstract
Beneath the Kuroshio south of Shikoku, there exist bottom currents, flowing in the different direction from the Kuroshio. In order to examine their horizontal and vertical characteristics, we analyzed four current data sets obtained by lowered acoustic Doppler current profilers (LADCP) in the region south of Shikoku during 2004-2006. While the surface Kuroshio in the top 700-m layer flows eastward, the bottom currents flow toward the left-hand side of the surface Kuroshio, i.e., to the inshore side. This vertical current structure is found to be maintained even when the Kuroshio moves offshore to the deep-ocean due to the propagation of the small meander of the Kuroshio.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | OCEANS'08 MTS/IEEE Kobe-Techno-Ocean'08 - Voyage toward the Future, OTO'08 |
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| Publication status | Published - Sep 16 2008 |
| Event | OCEANS'08 MTS/IEEE Kobe-Techno-Ocean'08 - Voyage toward the Future, OTO'08 - Kobe, Japan Duration: Apr 9 2008 → Apr 11 2008 |
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| Other | OCEANS'08 MTS/IEEE Kobe-Techno-Ocean'08 - Voyage toward the Future, OTO'08 |
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| Country | Japan |
| City | Kobe |
| Period | 4/9/08 → 4/11/08 |
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Computers in Earth Sciences
- Ocean Engineering
- Acoustics and Ultrasonics
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Bottom currents on the continental slope off Shikoku. / Nagano, Akira; Ichikawa, Hiroshi; Ichikawa, Kaoru; Konda, Masanori.
OCEANS'08 MTS/IEEE Kobe-Techno-Ocean'08 - Voyage toward the Future, OTO'08. 2008. 4530977.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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T1 - Bottom currents on the continental slope off Shikoku
AU - Nagano, Akira
AU - Ichikawa, Hiroshi
AU - Ichikawa, Kaoru
AU - Konda, Masanori
PY - 2008/9/16
Y1 - 2008/9/16
N2 - Beneath the Kuroshio south of Shikoku, there exist bottom currents, flowing in the different direction from the Kuroshio. In order to examine their horizontal and vertical characteristics, we analyzed four current data sets obtained by lowered acoustic Doppler current profilers (LADCP) in the region south of Shikoku during 2004-2006. While the surface Kuroshio in the top 700-m layer flows eastward, the bottom currents flow toward the left-hand side of the surface Kuroshio, i.e., to the inshore side. This vertical current structure is found to be maintained even when the Kuroshio moves offshore to the deep-ocean due to the propagation of the small meander of the Kuroshio.
AB - Beneath the Kuroshio south of Shikoku, there exist bottom currents, flowing in the different direction from the Kuroshio. In order to examine their horizontal and vertical characteristics, we analyzed four current data sets obtained by lowered acoustic Doppler current profilers (LADCP) in the region south of Shikoku during 2004-2006. While the surface Kuroshio in the top 700-m layer flows eastward, the bottom currents flow toward the left-hand side of the surface Kuroshio, i.e., to the inshore side. This vertical current structure is found to be maintained even when the Kuroshio moves offshore to the deep-ocean due to the propagation of the small meander of the Kuroshio.
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U2 - 10.1109/OCEANSKOBE.2008.4530977
DO - 10.1109/OCEANSKOBE.2008.4530977
M3 - Conference contribution
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