Research Article

Estimating the Occurrence of Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling Associated with “Aoshio” on the Northeast Shore of Tokyo Bay, Japan: An Analytical Model

Table 4

Occurrence dates, occurrence areas, and wind conditions of real cases of Aoshio observed on the northeast shore of Tokyo Bay from 1978 to 2002.

Upwelling associated with Aoshio
on the northeast shore of Tokyo Bay
Northeasterly
wind
Does the real case satisfy the criteria for Aoshio on the southeast shore proposed by
Zhu and Isobe (2012) [6]?
Occurrence dateOccurrence areaAverage Wind speed/wind duration (m/s)/(h)

1978May 31Urayasu-Funabashi3.73/24
1979Jun. 13Funabashi3.36/14
Jul. 16-Jul. 17Makuhari4.30/47
Aug. 14–Aug. 16Makuhari4.25/42
1980Aug. 2–Aug. 5Funabashi-Makuhari5.80/24
Sep. 19Funabashi3.96/41
1982May. 21–May. 23Ichigawa4.55/44
Jul. 27–Jul. 29Ichigawa-Makuhari3.50/47
Sep. 6Funabashi5.03/133Yes
1984Aug. 24–Aug. 26Funabashi-Makuhari3.82/3
Sep. 9Funabashi3.12/24
1985Jun. 15–Jun. 18Funabashi6.07/48
1986Aug. 4Urayasu-Ichigawa3.94/58Yes
1988May 24Funabashi4.94/48
Sep. 3–Sep. 8Funabashi3.75/24
1989Jun. 20Funabashi4.28/48
Aug. 26-Aug. 27Funabashi4.50/24
Sep. 22–Sep. 24Funabashi-Makuhari3.92/45
Oct. 30Funabashi-Makuhari3.35/75Yes
1990Jun. 28–Jul. 2Funabashi-Makuhari4.18/24
Aug. 6Ichigawa-Funabashi-Makuhari5.89/48
Sep. 7-Sep. 8Urayasu-Funabashi4.72/24
Sep. 27–Sep. 29Funabashi-Makuhari3.99/38
1992Jun. 1Funabashi-Makuhari2.80/22
Jul. 2Funabashi4.18/13
Aug. 3–Aug. 6Ichigawa-Funabashi5.12/43
1994Nov. 4–Nov. 8Makuhari-Funabashi3.45/107Yes
1996Sep. 10–Sep. 12Funabashi-Makuhari3.71/23
1999Sep. 30Funabashi2.97/62Yes
Oct. 18–Oct. 20Funabashi3.46/87Yes
2000Sep. 27–Sep. 29Funabashi 2.85/62Yes
2001Apr. 23-Apr. 24Funabashi4.39/24
Oct. 9-Oct. 10Makuhari and Funabashi and Ichigawa3.99/116Yes