| Editorial | Joji Ishizaka | Announcement | 663 | 10.1007/s10872-016-0392-y |
| Special Section: Original Article K2S1 project | Wakita, Masahide, Makio C. Honda, Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Tetsuichi Fujiki, Hajime Kawakami, Sayaka Yasunaka, Yoshikazu Sasai, Chiho Sukigara, Mario Uchimiya, Minoru Kitamura, Toru Kobari, Yoshihisa Mino, Akira Nagano, Shuichi Watanabe, Toshiro Saino | Biological organic carbon export estimated from the annual carbon budget observed in the surface waters of the western subarctic and subtropical North Pacific Ocean from 2004 to 2013 | 665-685 | 10.1007/s10872-016-0379-8 |
| Special Section: Original Article "Hot Spots" in the Climate System: New Developments in the Extratropical Ocean–Atmosphere Interaction Research | Kasamo, Kenki, Atsuhiko Isobe, Shinsuke Iwasaki | The dependence of precipitation on wind direction over the Kuroshio front in the winter East China Sea | 687-696 | 10.1007/s10872-016-0377-x |
| Original Article | Sato, Naoki, Masami Nonaka, Yoshikazu Sasai, Hideharu Sasaki, Youichi Tanimoto, Ryuichi Shirooka | Contribution of sea-surface wind curl to the maintenance of the SST gradient along the upstream Kuroshio Extension in early summer | 697-705 | 10.1007/s10872-016-0363-3 |
| Original Article | Huynh, Hong-Ngu T., Aida Alvera-Azcárate, Alexander Barth, Jean-Marie Beckers | Reconstruction and analysis of long-term satellite-derived sea surface temperature for the South China Sea | 707-726 | 10.1007/s10872-016-0365-1 |
| Original Article | Geng, Wu, Qiang Xie, Gengxin Chen, Tingting Zu, Dongxiao Wan | Numerical study on the eddy–mean flow interaction between a cyclonic eddy and Kuroshio | 727-745 | 10.1007/s10872-016-0366-0 |
| Original Article | Tomita, Hiroyuki, Tomoharu Senjyu, Masahisa Kubota | Evaluation of air-sea sensible and latent heat fluxes over the Japan Sea obtained from satellite, atmospheric reanalysis, and objective analysis products | 747-760 | 10.1007/s10872-016-0368-y |
| Original Article | Zhu, Y., J. Ishizaka, S. C. Tripathy, S. Wang, Y. Mino, T. Matsuno, D. J. Suggett | Variation of the photosynthetic electron transfer rate and electron requirement for daily net carbon fixation in Ariake Bay, Japan | 761-776 | 10.1007/s10872-016-0370-4 |
| Original Article | Sun, Hui, Qingye Wang | Microstructure observations in the upper layer of the South China Sea | 777-786 | 10.1007/s10872-016-0371-3 |
| Original Article | Wang, Fujun, Qingye Wang, Dunxin Hu, Fangguo Zhai, Shijian Hu | Seasonal variability of the Mindanao Current determined using mooring observations from 2010 to 2014 | 787-799 | 10.1007/s10872-016-0373-1 |
| Original Article | Aleksanin, Anatoly, Vladimir Kim, Vasily Kachur | AMSR-E sea surface temperature (SST) charts enhancement | 801-810 | 10.1007/s10872-016-0378-9 |
| Short Contribution | Aoki, Kazuhiro, Manabu Shimizu, Hiroshi Kuroda, Toshifumi Yamatogi, Naoya Ishida, Shigeru Kitahara, Keiji Hirano | Numerical study for specifying the major origin of low salinity water associated with Chattonella (Raphidophyceae) blooms in Tachibana Bay, Japan | 811-816 | 10.1007/s10872-016-0376-y |
| Original Article | Saengsupavanich, Cherdvong | RETRACTED ARTICLE: Elevated water level from strong wind along the Gulf of Thailand | 817 | 10.1007/s10872-016-0369-x |
