La mer 36, 1999

Fig. 11 Example of the current distribution of the Bifurcation Current along the southwest coast of the Kii Peninsula: Measured by ADCP on board of the R/V Seisuimaru of the Mie University on June 24r25, 1997 (TAKEUCHI et al., 1998c). The current direction along the line nearest to the coast is changed just off Susami : NWW to the west and SEE to the east of Susami.

Fig. 12 Evolution of the Kuroshio path just before the generation of the Large Meander of the Kuroshio in late May of 1998 deduced from NOAA HRPT images. Attached numbers indicate the dates of the observation : 1 indicates May 20, 2 May 21, 3 May 22, 4 May 26 and 5 May 31. (Courtesy of TAKEUCHI).

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