@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00000764,
 author = {YUWAKI, Yasutaka and NISHI, Toru and MASUMITSU, Sunao and HIGASHI, Masataka},
 journal = {鹿児島大学水産学部紀要=Memoirs of Faculty of Fisheries Kagoshima University},
 month = {2016-10-27},
 note = {Oceanographic observations using a CTD system were made in the Western Tropical Pacific
in the summer of 1988.
The first oceanographic section was made along 133°E from 20°N to 10°N from June 13-18th,
and the second one from 09°N, 138°E to 00°, 149°E from June 25-28th. The warm surface water
having a value of above 29°C was presented over the whole sea surface. The thermocline with
the maximum vertical gradient having a value of 0.17°C/m was the shallowest near 09°N. The
low salinity lower than 34.50% was presented in the surface mixed layer between 16°N and
02°N.
The conspicuous transitions were formed on each side of the north and south of the low salinity
water.
The North Equatorial Current was recognized on the north side of 08°N ; the South Equatorial
Current near the Equator ; and the North Equatorial Countercurrent in the region between 08°N
and 01°N. Several step-like features and inversion layers were presented in the thermocline at
the Equator. The lateral advection of water masses in the surface layer was well developed near
the Equator.},
 pages = {97--109},
 title = {Oceanic Conditions in the Western Tropical Pacific in the Summer of 1988},
 volume = {37},
 year = {}
}