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Influence of the equatorial deep jets on the north equatorial countercurrent
Description: An ocean circulation model is run using two different idealized equatorial basin configurations under steady wind forcing. Both model versions produce bands of vertically alternating zonal flow at depth, similar to observed Equatorial Deep Jets (EDJs) and with a time scale corresponding to that of the gravest equatorial basin mode for the dominant baroclinic vertical normal mode. Both model runs show evidence for enhanced variability in the surface signature of the North Equatorial Counter Current (NECC) with the same time scale. [Source: Ocean Dynamics]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10236-015-0855-5
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Source: Ocean Dynamics
Publish Date: 9/1/2015
Reading Level: Expert
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