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Contents: Vol. 59 (No. 1), pp. 1-127, 2003

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• Editorial
  Shiro Imawaki
  Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 59 (No. 1), p. 1, 2003
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• Geographical Variations in Prosome Length and Body Weight of Neocalanus Copepods in the North Pacific
  Toru Kobari, Kazuaki Tadokoro, Akihiro Shiomoto and Shinji Hashimoto
  Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 59 (No. 1), pp. 3-10, 2003
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• Numerical Study of the Upper-Layer Circulation in the South China Sea
  Ching-Sheng Chern and Joe Wang
  Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 59 (No. 1), pp. 11-24, 2003
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• Influence of Mesoscale Eddies on Variations of the Kuroshio Path South of Japan
  Naoto Ebuchi and Kimio Hanawa
  Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 59 (No. 1), pp. 25-36, 2003
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• Tidal Currents in the Tsushima Straits Estimated from ADCP Data by Ferryboat
  Tetsutaro Takikawa, Jong-Hwan Yoon and Kyu-Dae Cho
  Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 59 (No. 1), pp. 37-47, 2003
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• Radar Investigation of the Structure of Wind Waves
  Timothy Lamont-Smith, Joern Fuchs and Marshall P. Tulin
  Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 59 (No. 1), pp. 49-63, 2003
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• Seasonal Variability of Thermohaline Front in the Central South China Sea
  Peter C. Chu and Wang Guihua
  Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 59 (No. 1), pp. 65-78, 2003
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• Approximate Variational Method for Ocean Data Assimilation
  Motoyoshi Ikeda
  Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 59 (No. 1), pp. 79-86, 2003
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• Seasonal Variability of Near-Surface Heat Budget of Selected Oceanic Areas in the North Tropical Indian Ocean
  Chithra Shaji, Satoshi Iizuka and Tomonori Matsuura
  Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 59 (No. 1), pp. 87-103, 2003
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• Variability of the Sea Surface Salinity (SSS) in the Western Tropical Pacific: On the Ability of an OGCM to Simulate the SSS, and on the Sampling of an Operating Merchant Ship SSS Network
  Mansour Ioualalen, Yoshinobu Wakata, Yoshikazu Kawahara, Yves Gouriou and David Varillon
  Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 59 (No. 1), pp. 105-111, 2003
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• Significance of Shallow Bottom Friction in the Dynamics of the Tsushima Current
  Young Ho Seung
  Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 59 (No. 1), pp. 113-118, 2003
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• Short Contribution
  Pre-Japan-ARGO: Experimental Observation of Upper and Middle Layers South of the Kuroshio Extension Region Using Profiling Floats
  Naoto Iwasaka, Toshio Suga, Kensuke Takeuchi, Keisuke Mizuno, Yasushi Takatsuki, Kentaro Ando, Taiyo Kobayashi, Eitarou Oka, Yasuko Ichikawa, Motoki Miyazaki, Hiroshi Matsuura, Kenji Izawa, Chan-Su Yang, Nobuyuki Shikama and Momoko Aoshima
  Journal of Oceanography, Vol. 59 (No. 1), pp. 119-127, 2003
  [Abstract] | [Full text] (PDF 1.1 MB)