Transition processes between the three typical paths of the Kuroshio

Abstract

Transitions between the three typical paths of the Kuroshio south of Japan (the nearshore and offshore non-large-meander paths and the large-meander path) are described using sea level data at Miyake-jima and HachijO-jima in the Izu Islands and temperature data at a depth of 200 m observed from 1964 to 1975 and in 1980.