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The Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation Study

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A recent set of oceanographic measurements in the western equatorial Pacific has revealed the existence of previously undescribed major ocean currents and upper-ocean mixed-layer structure. The measurements also confirm a 20-year-old hypothesis on the water-mass origins of the Equatorial Undercurrent in the Pacific Ocean.

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  1. CSIRO Division of Oceanography, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia

    Eric Lindstrom, Stuart Godfrey & Gary Meyers

  2. Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii, 1000 Pope Road, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822, USA

    Roger Lukas & Eric Firing

  3. Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, 33149, USA

    Rana Fine

  4. Institute of Marine Resources, A-030, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, 92093, USA

    Mizuki Tsuchiya

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Lindstrom, E., Lukas, R., Fine, R. et al. The Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation Study. Nature 330, 533–537 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/330533a0

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