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English: The looping path is an intrusion mechanism of water from the Kuroshio Current into the South China Sea (SCS) whereby the Kuroshio forms a cyclonic loop in the Luzon Strait from which eddies can shed and penetrate farther into the SCS.
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Looping path intrusion of Kuroshio water into the South China Sea (SCS). The Kuroshio flow is modified so that it forms a cyclonic gyre in the Luzon Strait from which eddies can shed and penetrate farther into the SCS.