Fig. 2
Monthly mean time series of (a) the number of particles passing through the Korea Strait by departure month, and (b) stacked bar plot showing the number of particles arriving at the Korea Strait by month, with colors indicating release months from the Taiwan Strait, averaged from 1983 to 2019. (c, d) Monthly time series of average travel time of these particles, based on (a, c) the departure time from the Taiwan Strait and (b, d) the arrival time at the Korea Strait, averaged from 1983 to 2019. The red, blue, and black lines represent the particles that pass through the western, eastern channels of the Korea Strait, and the sum of both channels, respectively. Heatmaps for (e) the number of particles reaching the Korea Strait (f) and the ratio of particles from the Taiwan Strait to it reaching the Korea Strait. X- and Y-axes represent the release month and travel time (unit: month) of the particles, respectively. Figures were generated by S-TLee and Y-JTak using MATLAB R2024b (http://www.mathworks.com).
