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- Title
Surface current patterns observed by HF radar: methodology and analysis of currents to the north of the Yaeyama Islands, East China Sea.
- Authors
Hisaki, Yukiharu; Kashima, Motohiko; Kojima, Shoichiro
- Abstract
A new method was developed to compare the classifications of different kind of data maps based on the self-organizing map (SOM) analysis. The surface current maps of the northern coast of Ishigaki and Iriomote Islands, East China Sea, observed by high-frequency (HF) radar were classified by SOM. Winds, sea surface temperatures (SST), and reanalysis data were also classified by SOM. The optimum area for classification was determined objectively by the new method, which relates these patterns to HF radar current patterns. We found two typical surface patterns: the first was that northeastward flows are dominant in the observation area and the second was that a clockwise eddy was also dominant in this area. The southwestward wind pattern was strongly related to the dominant clockwise eddy pattern of the HF radar current field.
- Subjects
YAEYAMA Islands (Japan); EAST China Sea; OCEAN currents; HIGH frequency antennas; RADAR antennas; OCEAN temperature measurement
- Publication
Ocean Dynamics, 2016, Vol 66, Issue 3, p329
- ISSN
1616-7341
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10236-016-0924-4