The zonal currents and transports at 35°W in the tropical Atlantic

The zonal currents and transports at 35°W in the tropical Atlantic

The total of 13 existing cross‐equatorial shipboard current profiling sections taken during the WOCE period between 1990 and 2002 along 35°W are used to determine the mean meridional structure of the zonal top‐to‐bottom circulation between the Brazilian coast, near 5°S, and 5°N and to estimate mean...

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Veröffentlicht in:Geophysical research letters 2003-04, Vol.30 (7), p.1.1-n/a
Hauptverfasser: Schott, Friedrich A., Dengler, Marcus, Brandt, Peter, Affler, Karina, Fischer, Jürgen, Bourlès, Bernard, Gouriou, Yves, Molinari, Robert L., Rhein, Monika
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Sprache:eng
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Dynamics of the ocean (upper and deep oceans)
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
External geophysics
Physics of the oceans
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Zusammenfassung:The total of 13 existing cross‐equatorial shipboard current profiling sections taken during the WOCE period between 1990 and 2002 along 35°W are used to determine the mean meridional structure of the zonal top‐to‐bottom circulation between the Brazilian coast, near 5°S, and 5°N and to estimate mean transports of the individual identified shallow, intermediate and deep current branches. One of the results is that, on the equator, a mean westward Equatorial Intermediate Current below the Equatorial Undercurrent exists.
ISSN:0094-8276
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DOI:10.1029/2002GL016849