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The Kuroshio is a narrow intense ocean current which generally flows along the eastern coasts of the Japanese Islands. It is characterized by a large-scaled oceanic jet stream comparable to the atmospheric jet stream. It also may be considered as a baroclinic western boundary current of the Subtropical Gyre. Its counterpart in the North Atlantic is the Gulf Stream.
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Kitano, K. (1980). Some Aspects of the Historical Development on the Studies of the Kuroshio and the Oyashio. In: Sears, M., Merriman, D. (eds) Oceanography: The Past. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8090-0_26
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