Equatorial Undercurrent and Related Currents off Brazil in March and April 1963
- 8 November 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 142 (3593) , 669-671
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.142.3593.669
Abstract
In 1963, the source of the Equatorial Undercurrent appeared to be near 38°W. This undercurrent was an equatorial extension of a narrow saline current setting east-southeast at the surface near 2 °N 42 °W. Near 380°W, a retroverse branch of the Guiana Current also joined the Equatorial Undercurrent. Surface flow was easterly along all of the east-southeast current and the undercurrent observed. The subsurface-velocity maximum of the undercurrent was higher at 35°W than at 38°W.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Atlantic Equatorial UndercurrentJournal of Geophysical Research, 1962
- The use of parachute drogues in the measurement of subsurface ocean currentsEOS, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 1956