However, the horizontal scale of the large anticyclonic circulation simulated by Kagimoto and Yamagata (1997) is much larger than that of observed warm eddy off Shikoku, which indicates that the reality of the anticyclonic circulation formed by JEBAR effect is unclear. More detailed numerical simulation and more frequent observations by use of direct flow measurements are needed to draw firm conclusion of the seasonal variation in volume transport of the Kuroshio.
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