Physical Oceanography of the Yellow and East China Sea Dr. Steven R. Ramp Research Professor Naval Postgraduate School

Bottom Topography of the East China Sea. The proposed ASIAEX study region is indicated

General Circulation of the Yellow and East China Sea [from Chen et al., 1986]

Mean surface currents in the ECS, averaged from 31 years of GEK data. [from Qiu and Imasato, 1990]

Bi-Modal Structure of the Kuroshio Exiting the ECS Northern PositionSouthern Position [from Feng et al., 2000]

Velocity and Potential Vorticity Cross-Sections From the Kuroshio Near the ASIAEX Study Region Alongshore VelocityPotential Vorticity

Temperature Salinity Bottom Surface Yellow Sea T/S Characteristics: Winter

Temperature Salinity Bottom Surface Yellow Sea T/S Characteristics: Summer

M2 (semidiurnal) Tidal Ellipses in the Yellow and East China Sea [from Larsen et al., 1985]

Residual Tidal Currents in the Yellow Sea from the Lee and Beardsley (1999) stratified model. These currents result from the rectification of tidal currents by topography.

Surface Temperature Fronts in the Yellow and East China Sea [from Hickox et al., 2000]

East China Sea ASIAEX Site Locator Map CTD Transect * Mooring Site

Across-Shelf Temperature and Salinity Sections From the ASIAEX Pilot Study Cruise, April 2000 Temperature Salinity

Along and Across-Shore ADCP Velocity Sections ASIAEX Pilot Study Cruise, April 2000

Alongshore (red) and Across-shore (blue) velocity components from the ASIAEX mooring, ECS Shelf

Expanded x-axis to show internal solitary waves

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Soliton Distributions in the Central Yellow Sea From Hsu et al., 2000

Receive Arrays WHOI/NPS/PRC Oceanographic Moorings 400 Hz Source WHOI/NPS LOCO Moorings Kuroshio Edge SEASOAR track J-15 Source Track ECS Volume Interaction Sampling Plan Tomo Moorings Japan