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The Observed North Equatorial Countercurrent in the Far Western Pacific Ocean during the 2014–16 El Niño
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Pacific Abyssal Transport and Mixing: Through the Samoan Passage versus around the Manihiki Plateau
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractThe main source feeding the abyssal circulation of the North Pacific is the deep, northward flow of 5?6 Sverdrups (Sv; 1 Sv ≡ 106 m3 s?1) through the Samoan Passage. A recent field campaign has shown that this flow ...
Hydraulics and Mixing of the Deep Overflow in the Lifamatola Passage of the Indonesian Seas
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Hydrographic measurements recently acquired along the thalweg of the Lifamatola Passage combined with historical moored velocity measurements immediately downstream of the sill are used to study the hydraulics, transport, ...
Energy and Momentum of a Density-Driven Overflow in the Samoan Passage
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Observed Transport Variations in the Maluku Channel of the Indonesian Seas Associated with Western Boundary Current Changes
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractThe Maluku Channel is a major opening of the eastern Indonesian Seas to the western Pacific Ocean, the upper-ocean currents of which have rarely been observed historically. During December 2012?November 2016, long ...