摘要
Based on the summary of the previous research progress, this paper analyzes systematically the arrangement and characteristics of the coastal currents (or water masses) in the WCYS (the Western Coastal Current of the Yellow Sea), as well as the relationship between the coastal water masses and the main body of WCCYS, obtaining some new understanding about the current configuration in Lunan Coast and the northward current in Subei Coast in summer,expounding the material transportation effects of the coastal currents. Due to the lack of the quantitative research in the WCCYS, it is pointed out that the research on the division method of the coastal currents and on determining the dependency of the continental shelf front and the coastal currents should be carried out.