Volume transport through the La-Perouse (Soya) Strait between the East Sea (Sea of Japan) and the Sea of Okhotsk

  • Aleksandr Vladimirovich Saveliev
  • , Mikhail Alekseevich Danchenkov*
  • , Gi Hoon Hong
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Seasonal and interannual variation of volume transport through the La-Perouse Strait were estimated using the difference of sea level observed at Krillion of Sakhalin, Russia, and Wakkanai of Hokkaido, Japan, during the period of 1975-1988. Historical sea level measurements between Russian and Japanese tide gauge data were normalized using an independent direct volume transport measurement. Volume transport from the East Sea (Sea of Japan) to the Sea of Okhotsk varied from -0.01 to 1.18 Sv with an annual mean value of 0.61 Sv. Monthly water transport rates showed a unimodal distribution with its maximum occurring in summer (August) and minimum in winter (December-February). The annual mean volume transport varied from 0.2 to 0.8 Sv during the period of 1975-1988 with the maximum variance of 0.6 Sv.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)147-152
Number of pages6
JournalOcean and Polar Research
Volume24
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Multiyear variability
  • Sea level
  • The East Sea (Sea of Japan)
  • The La-Perouse (Soya) strait
  • The Sea of Okhotsk
  • Volume transport

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