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Drift of Surface Lagrangian Buoys in the Central Sea of Japan in October–November 2011

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In early October 2011, two surface buoys were deployed off Peter the Great Bay in the Sea of Japan. They drifted in that area first, then crossed the sea and were retrieved at the coast of the Honshu Island in late November 2011. Using the Argos-tracked drift coordinates, satellite altimetry data, and satellite infrared imagery, an eastern current with a speed of 10–19 cm/s was detected on October 4–11 off Peter the Great Bay where the southwestward flowing Primorye (Liman) Current was expected. From October 12 through November 5, the drift was mostly controlled by the wind, with the 5°–20° shift on the right-hand side from the wind. Based on the linear regression model, it was found that the wind accounted for more than half of the low-frequency, with inertial oscillations removed, variance of the drift speed, which on average, was equal to 23–24 cm/s per 10 m/s wind. Inertial oscillations estimated from wavelet rotary spectra of the drift velocity vectors were statistically significant most of the time, and their energy increased by two orders of magnitude in several hours after the wind strengthening to 17–18 m/s. Mesoscale eddies had a substantial impact on the drift, especially in the Tsushima Warm Current area.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank Dr. G.A. Kantakov (OAO DEKO) and A.F. Sergeev (Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences) for assistance in the experiment. We are also deeply grateful to Dr. Yu. Ishida (FRA, Japan) and Prof. S. Itoh (University of Tokyo, Japan) for retrieving the buoys that landed on the coast of Japan.

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This study was carried out as a part of State Task no. 121021700346-7 for the Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, and with partial funding from the Dalniy Vostok Priority Program, grant no. 18-1-010.

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    O. O. Trusenkova, V. B. Lobanov, S. Yu. Ladychenko & D. D. Kaplunenko

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Trusenkova, O.O., Lobanov, V.B., Ladychenko, S.Y. et al. Drift of Surface Lagrangian Buoys in the Central Sea of Japan in October–November 2011. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 57, 969–979 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433821090644

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