1. Editorial

   • Shiro Imawaki

   Editorial Introduction Pages: 1 - 1

2. Geographical Variations in Prosome Length and Body Weight of Neocalanus Copepods in the North Pacific

   • Toru Kobari
   • Kazuaki Tadokoro
   • Shinji Hashimoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 10

3. Numerical Study of the Upper-Layer Circulation in the South China Sea

   • Ching-Sheng Chern
   • Joe Wang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 11 - 24

4. Influence of Mesoscale Eddies on Variations of the Kuroshio Path South of Japan

   • Naoto Ebuchi
   • Kimio Hanawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 36

5. Tidal Currents in the Tsushima Straits Estimated from ADCP Data by Ferryboat

   • Tetsutaro Takikawa
   • Jono-Hwan Yoon
   • Kyu-Dae Cho

   OriginalPaper Pages: 37 - 47

6. Radar Investigation of the Structure of Wind Waves

   • Timothy Lamont-Smith
   • Joern Fuchs
   • Marshall P. Tulin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 63

7. Seasonal Variability of Thermohaline Front in the Central South China Sea

   • Peter C. Chu
   • Wang Guihua

   OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 78

8. Approximate Variational Method for Ocean Data Assimilation

   • Motoyoshi Ikeda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 79 - 86

9. Seasonal Variability of Near-Surface Heat Budget of Selected Oceanic Areas in the North Tropical Indian Ocean

   • Chithra Shaji
   • Satoshi Iizuka
   • Tomonori Matsuura

   OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 103

10. 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
    • David Varillon

    OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 111

11. Significance of Shallow Bottom Friction in the Dynamics of the Tsushima Current

    • Young Ho Seung

    OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 118

12. Pre-Japan-ARGO: Experimental Observation of Upper and Middle Layers South of the Kuroshio Extension Region Using Profiling Floats

    • Naoto Iwasaka
    • Toshio Suga
    • Momoko Aoshima

    OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 127