A STUDY OF INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY OF SALINITY IN THE SEA OF JAPAN

V. A. Sosnin and O. I. Torgaeva

The short-lived salinity minimum in the near-surface layer of the Sea of Japan is considered. It is shown that its formation and disappearance are caused by a short-term variability of the ocean—atmosphere interaction (by a change of sign of the freshwater balance). Salinity minimum at near-surface horizons appears concurrently (against the background) with the salinity maximum at the surface.