On the basis of numerical modeling, an analysis of the average multiyear pattern of the spring circulation of surface waters in the Kamchatka Strait is performed. It was revealed that in the spring period the winter regime of water circulation continues here, however, the transition to the summer circulation mode begins and the influx of warm Pacific water masses to the Bering Sea is intensifying. The results obtained are somewhat different from the generally accepted ones.
Aleutian Island Arc, Kamchatka Strait, Kamchatka Current, winter and summer monsoons, water circulation
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