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The ocean current in the PHC has a semidiurnal tidal cycle, and the seasonal main flow, wind direction, and wind strength significantly affect the direction and speed of the flow passing through the PHC. The speed of the tidal current in the PHC area can reach more than 1 m\/s, and the monthly average flow speed in the PHC is between 0.12 (winter) and 0.24 m\/s (summer). Several buoys indicated that the southward flow along the western coast of Taiwan drifted through the PHC in fall and winter. The HF radar observations confirmed the same, implying that this occurred during the strong northeastern monsoon. For a weak northerly wind or even southerly wind, the flow in the PHC can be northward. Different wind directions can affect the speed of the flow passing through the PHC and the branch flow in the northern PHC. The HF radar results are highly consistent with the spatial characteristics of satellite data regarding the sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity, and chlorophyll concentrations; however, there are significant differences from the satellite-derived ocean current.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14081816","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,9]],"date-time":"2022-04-09T05:13:08Z","timestamp":1649481188000},"page":"1816","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Surface Current Variations and Hydrological Characteristics of the Penghu Channel in the Southeastern Taiwan Strait"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1734-3988","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Po-Chun","family":"Hsu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research, National Central University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan"},{"name":"Graduate Institute of Hydrological and Oceanic Sciences, National Central University, Taoyuan 320, Taiwan"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,4,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"469","DOI":"10.3319\/TAO.2003.14.4.469(O)","article-title":"Morphology and geologic implications of Penghu Channel off southwest Taiwan","volume":"14","author":"Huang","year":"2003","journal-title":"Terr. 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