Abstract High-frequency variability captured by recent observations in the East Sea (Japan
Sea) is summarized; it includes basin-scale oscillations, internal tides, near-inertial
oscillations, and nonlinear internal waves. Observational and theoretical/numerical studies
have been conducted on non-isostatic sea level response to atmospheric pressure forcing
within the East Sea at periods of a few days to tens of days. Semidiurnal water temperature
oscillations and their surface signatures are often markedly enhanced along and off the  ...