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ward flow
9,
which crossed the spill. The shape of line
8
reflects the anti-
clockwise motion of the flow east of the spill and the formation of a cyc-
lonic eddy
10,
when line
8
connects with line
7
. Two other light lines
11
and
12
were also formed at the boundaries of a north-eastward flow
13,
which flew along eddy
10
. The configuration of lines
7
,
8
,
11
and
12
and
the step-like displacement of the spill at the locations of their crossing en-
able us to suggest that all these features represent the surface expressions
of a mesoscale cyclonic circulation centred in area
10
.
Fig. 3.
Map of bathymetry of the Kuroshio area east of southern Taiwan. Isobaths
are shown for 2000 m, 1000 m and 200 m. Solid and dashed rectangles note the
boundaries of the SAR images acquired on May 20, 1994 and December 29, 1997,
respectively, and arrow AB shows the location of ship course
The direction of the flow
9
is almost upwind and thus the relative wind
speed over the flow was higher than over the surrounding waters, accord-
