The Cromwell current on the east side of the Galapagos Islands

Autor: J. R. V. Zaneveld, Hasong Pak
Rok vydání: 1973
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Zdroj: Journal of Geophysical Research. 78:7845-7859
ISSN: 0148-0227
DOI: 10.1029/jc078i033p07845
Popis: What happens to the Cromwell Current as it passes the Galapagos Islands has been a topic of great interest ever since the discovery of the Cromwell Current itself. Montgomery [1962], in a review of the Cromwell Current, concluded that the Cromwell Current is usually weak or absent on the east side of the Galapagos Islands. Wyrtki [1966] said that the Cromwell Current disintegrates west of the Galapagos Islands and it splits into north and south branches, with a part of the water extending to the upwelling region off Peru. Knauss [1966], in his report on the Swan Song Expedition, the specific purpose of which  
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