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Hydrological conditions in the straits of the Ryukyu archipelago and adjacent basins

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The structure and dynamics of the water are studied on the basis of hydrological and meteorological long-term data combined with the materials of field observations over a period longer than half a century in the region of the Ryukyu archipelago. New data about the hydrological characteristics of the waters were obtained. Characteristic differences of waters of various modifications in the main straits between the islands are demonstrated. The dependence of the water structure formation in the straits on the seasonal variability of the water exchange through the straits is distinguished.

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  1. Pacific Institute of Oceanology, Far East Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia

    V. V. Moroz

  2. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    K. T. Bogdanov

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Original Russian Text © V.V. Moroz, K.T. Bogdanov, 2007, published in Okeanologiya, 2007, Vol. 47, No. 5, pp. 645–656.

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Moroz, V.V., Bogdanov, K.T. Hydrological conditions in the straits of the Ryukyu archipelago and adjacent basins. Oceanology 47, 599–609 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001437007050013

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