Abstract: A new method for diagnosing the zonal gradient of sea level on the equator from in situ data is proposed and validated using satellite altimetry. A no-turbulent-stress-level boundary condition in the Pacific Equatorial ...

Abstract: Simultaneous moored temperature, salinity, velocity, and wind measurements from the equator at 157.5°E, during 10 May?21 December 1992, are combined with a no-stress-level boundary condition in the Equatorial Undercurrent ...

Abstract: An upper-ocean vortex associated with tropical instabilities was observed during fall 1990 at 140°W in the shear region between the Pacific South Equatorial Current and the North Equatorial Counter current. The velocity ...

Abstract: A numerical simulation is used to investigate the mixed layer heat balance of the tropical Pacific Ocean including the equatorial cold tongue and the region of vortices associated with tropical instability waves (TIWs). ...