Equatorial circulation in the western Pacific (170°E)
| Autor: | Yves Magnier, Henri Rotschi, Pierre Rual, Christian Colin |
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| Rok vydání: | 1973 |
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FLUX HYDROLOGIQUE
PROFIL Equator Subsurface currents Equatorial waves ANOMALIE THERMOSTERIQUE Geology COURANT EQUATORIAL Aquatic Science MASSE D'EAU CIRCULATION OCEANIQUE Oceanography Circulation (fluid dynamics) CONTRECOURANT COMPOSANTES D'UN COURANT Physics::Space Physics Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics MESURE Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics COURANTOMETRIE COURANT PROFOND Physics::Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics |
| Zdroj: | Progress in Oceanography. 6:29-46 |
| ISSN: | 0079-6611 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0079-6611(73)90004-9 |
| Popis: | Current measurements taken in the equatorial zone at 170°E aboard the R.V. Coriolis reveal equatorial dynamics peculiar to the western Pacific. The west equatorial surface current has several speed cores on either side of the equator; the equatorial undercurrent has one speed core at 100 m and another at 200m; the North Equatorial Countercurrent is connected with the equatorial indercurrent, which has two deep extensions on either side of the equator; beneath the equatorial undercurrent lies a weak west current which appears to reach a depth below 1000m. The flows of these currents are very variable : the equatorial undercurrent may double its flow in 20 days. (Résumé d'auteur) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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