Sea surface temperature distribution and its variability across the Tsushima Strait.

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The sea surface temperature distribution across the Tsushima Strait was monitoredover a one-year period on board the ferry Kampu which runs between Shimonoseki, Japanand Pusan, Korea. A cold water region is always observed just near the Korean Coast, anda sharp temperature front is always present in the western channel. A temperature maximumor a warm core is usually found just on the southeast side of the front. The position of thewarm core exhibits large short period fluctuations, but no significant seasonal variation isfound. Sudden temperature increases followed by sudden temperature decreases are frequentlyobserved in the temporal variation curves at fixed positions during the warming seasonfrom April to August. Such events are related to temperature maxima found sporadically inthe temperature distribution in the eastern channel during this season, and seem to be causedby warm water intrusion into the Tsushima Strait from the East China Sea.
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