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| Henin, C; Hisard, P. |
| Direct current measurements made during the nine cruises of the French FOCAL experiment evidenced an eastward surface flow located near 2 degree -3 degree S in the Atlantic Ocean. This flow is related to a southward rise of the thermocline and agrees with geostrophy. It is linked with the Equatorial Undercurrent and the Subsurface South Equatorial Counter-current, but generally the cores are distinct except during January 1984 when a general eastward drift occurred in the equatorial area. These observations confirm data from earlier cruises in the Atlantic. In the Eastern Pacific Ocean a similar eastward narrow flow has also been reported. It is suggested that this flow is a characteristic feature of the equatorial current structure. |
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| Ano: 1987 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00267/37846/35927.pdf |
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