| | Altimetry in Marginal, Semi-Enclosed and Coastal Seas - Part I: Sea of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12) |
 | | The variability induced by the Tsushima Current, which flows into the Sea of Japan through the Tsushima Straits and flows out mostly through the Tsugaru Straits, is the dominant variability in the southern regions of the Sea of Japan (see Ichiye 1984, Ichiye, Takano and Milliman 1986 and Takano 1991). |
 | | The Tsushima Current is quite shallow (the sill depth is less than 150 m) and carries a transport of 1.5 to 3.5 Sv of relatively warmer and often relatively fresher water masses into the Sea of Japan. |
 | | This can again be attributed to the Tsushima Current as it enters through the Straits of Tsushima in the south and meanders its way towards the Straits of Tsugaru, separating Honshu and Hokkaido in the eastern sea, where it rejoins the Pacific. |
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