@techreport{oai:nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00015584, author = {Manda, Atsuyoshi and Kanehara, Hisao and Aoshima, Takashi and Kinoshita, Tsukasa and Uchida, Jun and Nakata, Hideaki and Yanagi, Tetsuo}, month = {}, note = {Seasonal variation of the salt fluxes in the middle part of the Ariake Sea have been investigated by modeling with hydrographic and meteorological data. The salt flux due to the seasonally averaged density-driven currents accounts for approximately 60% of the total salt flux during summer. The salt flux due to the other processes, that are not treated explicitly, such as the tidal pumping, tideinduced residual currents, and short-term variations of the density- and winddriven currents dominates during winter. It is suggested that the recent decrease in tidal currents increases the salt flux due to the density-driven currents during summer but decreases the salt flux due to the tidal pumping and/or tide-induced residual currents during winter., Nagasaki University Major Research Project: Restoration of Marine Environment and Resources in East Asia, Coastal Environmental and Ecosystem Issues of the East China Sea ,pp.29-39; 2010}, title = {Seasonal Variation of the Material Transport Processes in the Ariake Sea}, year = {2010} }