EKWC - NKCC Confluence

The (northward) overshooting of the EKWC near the Korean Bight at 37.5N is stronger in the winter than in the summer (Fig. 3). The overshot EKWC leaves the Korean coast and moves northward. It converges with the southward flowing NKCC, at 39N, 130E, and forms a current meandering toward the east along the SPF. We may call it the SPF Current (PFC).