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Bifurcation of the subtropical south equatorial current against New Caledonia in December 2004 from a hydrographic inverse box model
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Autores: Ganachaud, Alexandre; Gourdeau, Lionel; Kessler, William.
The South Equatorial Current (SEC), the westward branch of the South Pacific subtropical gyre, extends from the equator to 30 degrees S at depth. Linear ocean dynamics predict that the SEC forms boundary currents on the eastern coasts of the South Pacific islands it encounters. Those currents would then detach at the northern and southern tips of the islands, and cross the Coral Sea in the form of jets. The Fiji Islands, the Vanuatu archipelago, and New Caledonia are the major topographic obstacles on the SEC pathway to the Australian coast. Large-scale numerical studies, as well as climatologies, suggest the formation of three jets in their lee: the north Vanuatu jet (NVJ), the north Caledonian jet (NCJ), and the south Caledonian jet (SCJ), implying a...
Tipo: Text
Palavras-chave: Tropical Pacific ocean; Depth integrated flow; Zonal jets; Coral sea; Circulation; Waters; Variability; Generation; Island; Heat.
Ano: 2008
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00207/31809/30221.pdf