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http://dx.doi.org/10.5657/kfas.2003.36.2.170

Variation of Sound Speed in the Tsushima Warm Current Region of the East Sea  

LEE Chung Il (Research Center for Ocean Industrial and Development, Pukyong National University)
CHO Kyu Dae (Department of Oceanography Pukyong National University)
KIM Sang Woo (Institute of Satellite Information Science, Pukyong National University)
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Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences / v.36, no.2, 2003 , pp. 170-177 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is to analyze the influence of the Tsushima Warm Current (TWC) on the variation of sound speed in the southern part of the East Sea. Sound speed is calculated by method of Chen and Millero (1977:, based on the CTD data measured in June of 1996. Sound speed in the central part of the TWC is about $45ms^{-1}$ more fast than that in the other regions without the TWC. Sound speed minimum layer (SML) in the TWC region exists between loom and 341 m, while it exists between 260m and 290m in the non-TWC region. SML distributes along the path of TWC over continental shelf in the coastal waters of Japan.
Keywords
East Sea; Sound speed minimum layer; Sound channel; Tsushima Warm Current; Thermocline;
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