Optical Properties as Tracers of Water Mass Structure and Circulation Patterns in the Japan (East) Sea

Abstract

For the Japan (East) Sea DRI, our objectives are to coordinate research between US scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and scientists in Japan and Korea to characterize the detailed optical properties of different water masses in the JES, and to specify the variability in the properties and their potential use as water mass tracers using in situ optics and remote sensing. Our overall hypothesis is that the JES can be defined in terms of 5 optical provinces with characteristic inherent and apparent optical properties (IOPs and AOPs) related to optically important seawater constituents. The 5 optical provinces include the Kuroshio Current intrusion through the Tsushima Strait, the East Korea Warm Current which entrains water from the Yellow Sea, coastal regions of Japan south of the Tsugaru Strait, the northern, sub-polar waters of the Tsushima Basin and Japan Basin, and finally, coastal regions north of the Tsugaru Strait.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA384105

Entities

People

  • B. G. Mitchell
  • Dariusz Stramski
  • Piotr Flatau

Organizations

  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Backscattering
  • Coastal Regions
  • Data Sets
  • East China Sea
  • Materials
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Optical Properties
  • Optical Signatures
  • Optics
  • Particles
  • Refractive Index
  • Remote Sensing
  • Scattering
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Water Masses

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Oceanography.