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| Gasparin, Florent; Ganachaud, Alexandre; Maes, Christophe; Marin, Frederic; Eldin, Gerard. |
| Thermocline waters of the tropical southwest Pacific can be traced back to the center of the South Pacific basin and have a potential influence on equatorial surface conditions and on the characteristics of the El Nino Southern Oscillation on decadal timescales. The Solomon Sea is traversed by this influential flow, and therefore is an optimal place for exploring this oceanic connection to the equator. From a high-resolution hydrographic survey at which we applied an inverse box model, we describe the main pathways at the entrance of the Solomon Sea, and more particularly the extremely sharp bend of the western boundary current around the south-east tip of Papua New Guinea. Of the 30 Sv subtropical waters transported into the Coral Sea from the east, above... |
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Palavras-chave: Coral Sea; Solomon Sea; Oceanic transport. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00214/32501/30985.pdf |
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| Kessler, William S.; Cravatte, Sophie. |
| The mean absolute geostrophic circulation of the Coral Sea is constructed from climatological hydrographic data referenced to a 1000 m velocity field derived from Argo float drift. Two branches of the South Equatorial Current (SEC) enter the Coral Sea between New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands: the broad, upper thermocline North Vanuatu Jet (NVJ), and the narrow North Caledonian Jet (NCJ) extending to at least 1500 m. Most of this incoming flow leaves to the Solomon Sea. Four distinct pathways through the Coral Sea are traced by their water properties: (1) The NCJ crosses the Sea to the coast of Australia and turns north at densities sigma 25-27.4 as the main source of the Gulf of Papua (GPC) western boundary current, eventually feeding the New Guinea... |
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Palavras-chave: Coral Sea; Argo floats; Western boundary currents; South Equatorial Current; Solomon Sea; Island Rule. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00483/59506/62382.pdf |
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