Boundary

VT

NT

PT

Reference

Approach

Taiwan Strait

0.36

0.70

0.07

Chen & Wang (1999)

Box model

1.71

1.40

-

Guo et al. (2006, 2012)

Numerical model¹

1.81

6.42

0.41

Zhang et al. (2007)

Box model

2.12

3.27

0.47

This Study

ROMS-CoSiNE

Korea Strait

−1.61

−4.00

−0.25

Chen & Wang (1999)

Box model

−3.03

−11.40

-

Guo et al. (2006, 2012)

Numerical model¹

−3.19

−14.45

−0.96

Zhang et al. (2007)

Box model

−2.88

-11.23

−1.04

This Study

ROMS-CoSiNE

West of Kyushu

−0.14

-

-

Guo et al. (2006)

Numerical model¹

−0.15

-

-

Liu et al. (2014)

ROMS model

−0.21

−0.64

−0.07

This Study

ROMS-CoSiNE

Kuroshio or EB Section

1.21

4.70

0.34

Chen & Wang (1999)

Box model

1.46

12.60

-

Guo et al. (2006, 2012)

Numerical model¹

1.35

9.01

0.65

Zhang et al. (2007)

Box model

1.53

9.40

0.70

Zhao & Guo (2011)

Numerical model¹

0.98

10.26

0.76

This Study

ROMS-CoSiNE

Net Balance

−0.04

1.40

0.16

Chen & Wang (1999)

Box model

0.00

2.60

-

Guo et al. (2006, 2012)

Numerical model¹

−0.03

0.98

0.10

Zhang et al. (2007)

Box model

0.01

1.66

0.12

This Study

ROMS-CoSiNE