Evidence of diurnal shelf waves in satellite-tracked drifter trajectories off the Kuril Islands

Journal of Physical Oceanography | September 1, 2001| | Copyright

ABSTRACT

Satellite-tracked surface drifters deployed in September 1993 in the vicinity of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench were advected onto the Pacific continental shelf of the Kuril Islands where they encountered strong (40-50 cm s^sup -1^) diurnal tidal currents. One of the drifters subsequently passed through Friz Strait into the Sea of Okhotsk, experiencing intense (>100 cm s^sup -1^) diurnal currents in the strait and strong (35-40 cm s^sup -1^) diurnal currents over the Okhotsk shelf of the Kuril Islands. The across-shelf structure of the diurnal tidal currents is shown to be consistent ...

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