The water quality and physical process within bays are strongly affected by climatic phenomena such as regional air pressure distributions, ocean currents and typhoons. The present study reveals that the water mass inside Ohfunato Bay is strongly related to the sea level along the Pacific coast over a scale of 3,000km from Nemuro (Hokkaido) to Naha (Okinawa). Low salinity water associated with the Oyashio ocean current intrudes in Ohfunato Bay from April to October in the average year. Finally, it was found that low salinity water is carried by typhoon from ocean into Ohfunato Bay.
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