CONTENTS
Achievements of Professor Shiro IMAWAKI 1
ASUKA Hydrographic Data Collection
By Hiroshi UCHIDA, Shiro IMAWAKI, Hhoshi ICHIKAWA
and the ASUKA Group 21
Barotropic and baroclinic volume transports ofthe Kuroshio estimated by lES measurements
By Shin-ichiro UMATANI and Koji KAKINOKI 33
Eulerian Mean Sea-Surface Velocity Field of the South Indian Ocean Derived by Combining Satelhte Altimeter and Drifter Data
By Benny N. PETER, Daisuke AMBE and Shiro IMAWAKI 37
Numerical investigation of thermal stress and dislocation density i n silicon ragot during a solidification process
By Xuejiang CHEN, Satoshi NAKANO, Lijun LIU
and Koichi KAKIMOTO 45
Variations of velocity and transport associated with coastal cyclonic eddies off Shikoku, Japan estimated from moored current meter and lES data
By Koji KAKINOKI, Shiro IMAWAKI, Kaoru ICHIKAWA,
Shin-ichiro UMATANI and Motohiko KASHIMA 53
Interannual variability of mesoscale eddy activity at the subtropical fronts region and its influence on the generation of Kiuroshio large meander
By Motohiko KASHIMA, Kaoru ICHIKAWA and Makoto SATAKE 61
Simple LADCP data processing method with DGPS
By Tsutomu SAITO 69
Tidal currents north ofthe Yaeyama Islands as seen by HF radars
