THE EFFECT OF THE TIDE ON WATER EXCHANGE THROUGH THE LA PEROUSE STRAIT

  • G. V. Shevchenko Sakhalin Branch of the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography; Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
  • V. E. Maryzhikhin Sakhalin Branch of the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography
DOI 10.29006/1564-2291.JOR-2024.52(3).6
Keywords La Perouse Strait, standard oceanological section, temperature, salinity, tide, sea level, Soya Warm current, West Sakhalin curren

Abstract

Based on the analysis of oceanographic survey materials on the standard section S1 and satellite information, important features of the influence of tidal currents on the formation of hydrological conditions in the La Perouse Strait and adjacent waters have been identified. It was revealed that in the warm season, when the seasonal flow is directed from the Sea of Japan to the Sea of Okhotsk (Soya Warm Current), at the high tide in the northern part of S1 section the cold water with low salinity is observed in the surface layer (the temperature may differ from the southern stations by 3 times, and the salinity by 2 psu). At low tide in the northern part of S1 the water is also cold, but with high salinity, which indicates the inflow of water from the West Sakhalin current into the Sea of Okhotsk. The temperature contrasts between the northern and southern parts of the Strait are also confirmed by satellite observations. During the cold season in the northern part of the strait, there is a flow of colder and less salty Okhotsk Sea water into the southeastern part of the Tatar Strait. It is wider and more developed in depth compared to the summer season. At low tide, when the tidal current is directed to the east, this flow narrows noticeably.

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Published
2024-11-06
Issue
Vol 52 No 3 (2024): Journal of Oceanological Research
Section
Ocean physics and climate

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