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Some current measurements were carried out in Ôsaka Bay to understand the characteristics and causes of fluctuations of the constant flow in the bay. It is shown that the major part of fluctuation of the constant flow in Ôsaka Bay is the wind-driven current. The direction of the wind-driven current in the near surface water deflects clockwise through 10 to 30 degrees from the wind direction while in the lower layer the current deflects counter-clockwise to that in the near surface water in the eastern half of Ôsaka bay. The speed of the wind-driven current in the near surface water is 0.5 to 1.5% of the wind speed while that in the lower layer is smaller than that in the near surface water in this area.
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Yanagi, T. Variability of the constant flow in Ôsaka Bay. Journal of the Oceanographical Society of Japan 36, 246–252 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02072125
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