Eddy Activities around the Nansei Shoto (Okinawa Islands) Revealed by TRMM |
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| Authors: | Tetsuo Yanagi Tsutomu Tokeshi Shin-ichiro Kakuma |
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| Institution: | (1) Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan;(2) Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan;(3) Okinawa Prefectural Fisheries Experiment Station, Nishizaki, Itoman, Okinawa 901-0305, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Sea surface temperature (SST) variation around the Nansei Shoto (Okinawa Islands), Japan from March 1998 to February 1999
is investigated using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI) images. Root mean squared (RMS)
error of SST by TMI from the in situ observed SST is 0.9°C. The results of statistical analysis of SST by TMI show that a
14–16 days period variation dominates around the main Okinawa Island, while a 9–11 days period variation dominates along the
shelf edge of the East China Sea.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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| Keywords: | SST TRMM meso scale eddy Kuroshio frontal eddy |
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