영일만 해역에서 표면수온의 주기적 변화와 표면수온과 기온의 관계에서 얻은 결과는 다음과 같다. 영일만 해역(포항과 장기갑)에서 1962년 1월부터 1981년 12월까지 평균표면 수온이 높은 달은 10월과 11월뿐이다. 영일만 해역의 표면수온 주기적 변화는 쓰시마난류의 변화와 밀접한 관계를 갖는 다고 사료된다. 영일만에 장기갑의 누년 평균표면수온은 15℃이고, 포항항에서는 14.6℃였다.

The periodic variations of the surface water temperature and the relationships between the surface water and air temperature are found in Youngil bay as follows: It is considered that the average surface water temperature is the lowest in February and the highest in August in the Youngil bay (Pohang bay and Janggi cape) from January, 1962 to December, 1981. It is only in October and November that the average surface water temperature was higher in pohang bay than in the Janggi cape from January, 1962 to December, 1981. Since the periodic secular variation in the vincity of Youngil bay and the variation of the Tsushima Current seem to have similar tendencies, we may conclude that the changes of the surface water temperature in Youngil bay are primarily influenced by the Taushima Current. The average temperature of surface water is 14.5℃ in Pohang bay and 15.0℃ in Janggi cape in the secular variation.

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