Posted by Mark Wimbush on November 09, 2000 at 11:56:49:
In Reply to: Re: seasonal variation of heat trasport in the East China Sea posted by Dongxiao Zhang on November 08, 2000 at 19:01:56:
Dongxiao . . . The science in your "poster" is
of great importance. I enjoyed reading about
your work; the web pages are rich with informative
detail.
Regarding your question (to Dr. Ichikawa)
about Japanese researchers' plans for studying the
Ryukyu Current, there is a planned Frontier study
known as KOP (Kuroshio Observation Program) which
focuses on the Kuroshio in the East China Sea and
the Ryukyu Current. Randy Watts and I at URI have
been in contact with Dr. Arata Kaneko at Hiroshima
University (akaneko@hiroshima-u.ac.jp) about
this, because of our interest in participating.
I would encourage you and Bill Johns and Tom Lee
to contact him also, if you are interested in
collaborative work in this area. . . . Mark
: Another concern about the heat transport estimate is the East Ryukyu Current.
: We still know too little about its mean state and variability. Considering the
: importance of the heat transport by the western boundary current and the
: Kuroshio recirculation to the climate variability (see Bill Johns's
: comment on Bo Qiu's poster), a more extensive study about the ERC is
: necessary. Have Jananese scientists considered to have moored
: measurements on this current? If you or other Japanese scientists have any
: plans, we (my advisors, Tom Lee and Bill Johns) would be very interested in any
: type of collaboration.