Mean Water and Current Structure during the Hawaii-to-Tahiti Shuttle Experiment
Mean Water and Current Structure during the Hawaii-to-Tahiti Shuttle Experiment
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DOI：
10.1175/1520-0485(1984)014
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发表时间：
1984-02
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
K. Wyrtki;B. Kilonsky
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作者：
K. Wyrtki;B. Kilonsky
本文利用夏威夷-塔希提航天飞机试验期间一年的离散资料，用平均剖面描述和分析了中太平洋赤道流系、水团和横向环流。对各个洋流的平均地转输送的计算表明，南赤道洋流是最强的洋流，输送量为55 × 106 m3 s-1。来自水质量和营养分布的信息被用来开发一个一致的横向环流的图片和不同的分歧和收敛的作用。
Abstract Mean sections based on data from a discrete one-year period during the Hawaii-to-Tahiti Shuttle Experiment are used to describe and analyse the equatorial current system, its water masses and the transverse circulation in the central Pacific Ocean. Computations of mean geostrophic transports for the individual currents identify the south equatorial current as the strongest flow, transporting 55 × 106 m3 s−1. Information derived from the water mass and nutrient distributions is used to develop a consistent picture of the transverse circulation and of the role of the different divergences and convergences.