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From 1988 to 1993, 23 satellite-tracked drifting buoys entered the Kamchatka Current. The buoy trajectories showed a well-formed, high-speed current that originated near Shirshov Ridge, and flowed southward through Kamchatka Strait. During some years, the buoys turned eastward at ∼50°N, while in other years they were transported as far south as Japan (40°N). Only one buoy entered the Sea of Okhotsk. Eddies were evident in many of the buoy trajectories. Greatest maximum daily velocities (>100 cm s−1) were observed south of Kamchatka Strait, with 50–60 cm s−1 being more common.
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Stabeno, P.J., Reed, R.K. & Overland, J.E. Lagrangian measurements in the Kamchatka Current and Oyashio. J Oceanogr 50, 653–662 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02270498
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