Overview of studies on the Ryukyu Current

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ZHU Xiao-hua. Overview of studies on the Ryukyu Current[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2008, 30(5): 1-8.

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ZHU Xiao-hua. Overview of studies on the Ryukyu Current[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2008, 30(5): 1-8.

ZHU Xiao-hua. Overview of studies on the Ryukyu Current[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2008, 30(5): 1-8.

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ZHU Xiao-hua. Overview of studies on the Ryukyu Current[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2008, 30(5): 1-8.

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Overview of studies on the Ryukyu Current

ZHU Xiao-hua

State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, China

Received Date: 2008-01-10
Rev Recd Date: 2008-06-24

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Abstract

The recent study achievementaboutthe Ryukyu Current(RC)is reviewed.It is pointed outthat the RC is animportant western boundary current in the North Pacific.The RC is strongly influenced by the mesoscale eddy and its velocity and volume transportex hibits subsurface maximum structure.The RC remarkably develops between the Okinawa and Amami-Ohshima Islands.The following three points need to betteraddress:(1)the origin of the RC,the formation mechanism and its temporal and spatial variations;(2)dynamic processes offormation and maintaining of the subsurface maximum structure,the development of RC from the northern of the Okinawa Island,and(3)the contributions of volume and heat transport to the Kuroshio.
- the Ryukyu Current,
- the Kuroshio,
- subsurface maximum structure,
- velocity and volume transport,
- dynamic processes

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