A comparison of kinematic evidence for tropical cells in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans

R L Molinari 1
S. Bauer 2
D. Snowden 1
GREGORY A. JOHNSON 3
Bernard Bourlès 4
Y. Gouriou 5
Herlé Mercier 6
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, 4301 Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, Florida 33149, USA
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National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, WA, USA
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Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Brest, France
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Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Noumea, New Caledonia
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Francais de Recherches pour L'Exploitaton de la Mer Plouzane, France
Publication typeBook Chapter
Publication date2003-01-01
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Kinematic evidence for the existence of Tropical Cells (TC) in the Atlantic Ocean is offered. Mean sections of meridional velocity, its horizontal divergence and vertical velocity are estimated from twelve available sections centered at about 35°W. Of the twelve sections, six were occupied in March and April, thus there is a boreal spring bias to the observations. Equatorial upwelling and offequatorial downwelling, between 3°N and 6°N, represent the southern and northern boundaries of a northern hemisphere TC. Uncertainties for the estimates of average quantities are large. However, favorable comparisons with observational representations of Pacific TC's provide support for the existence of a northern hemisphere Atlantic TC.
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Molinari R. L. et al. A comparison of kinematic evidence for tropical cells in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans // Elsevier Oceanography Series. 2003. pp. 269-286.
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Molinari R. L., Bauer S., Snowden D., JOHNSON G. A., Bourlès B., Gouriou Y., Mercier H. A comparison of kinematic evidence for tropical cells in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans // Elsevier Oceanography Series. 2003. pp. 269-286.
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TY - GENERIC
DO - 10.1016/S0422-9894(03)80150-2
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0422-9894(03)80150-2
TI - A comparison of kinematic evidence for tropical cells in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
T2 - Elsevier Oceanography Series
AU - Molinari, R L
AU - Bauer, S.
AU - Snowden, D.
AU - JOHNSON, GREGORY A.
AU - Bourlès, Bernard
AU - Gouriou, Y.
AU - Mercier, Herlé
PY - 2003
DA - 2003/01/01
PB - Elsevier
SP - 269-286
SN - 0422-9894
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@incollection{2003_Molinari,
author = {R L Molinari and S. Bauer and D. Snowden and GREGORY A. JOHNSON and Bernard Bourlès and Y. Gouriou and Herlé Mercier},
title = {A comparison of kinematic evidence for tropical cells in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans},
publisher = {Elsevier},
year = {2003},
pages = {269--286},
month = {jan}
}