In other words, in
winter during El Niño years, although the WPS Tropical Water
does not penetrate as far west in the middle of the Luzon Strait
(Table 1), it actually enters the southern Taiwan Strait after mixing
with waters of the SCS origin.
reported that although there is essentially no strong Kuroshio
intrusion in summer, a 10–15% likelihood of weak intrusion exists
during El Niño periods which is consistent with the result given in
Table 1.