Geographical Variations in Prosome Length and Body Weight of Neocalanus Copepods in the North Pacific, Numerical Study of the Upper-Layer Circulation in the South China Sea,Influence of Mesoscale Eddies on Variations of the Kuroshio Path South of Japan,Tidal Currents in the Tsushima Straits Estimated from ADCP Data by Ferryboat,Radar Investigation of the Structure of Wind Waves,Seasonal Variability of Thermohaline Front in the Central South China Sea,Approximate Variational Method for Ocean Data Assimilation,Seasonal Variability of Near-Surface Heat Budget of Selected Oceanic Areas in the North Tropical Indian Ocean ,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 ,Significance of Shallow Bottom Friction in the Dynamics of the Tsushima Current ,Experimental Observation of Upper and Middle Layers South of the Kuroshio Extension Region Using Profiling Floats