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A dataset of drifting buoys from the Marine Environmental Data Service of Canada was analyzed to map surface circulation of the Pacific. More information of the surface circulation than that acquired before was reported in this paper, showing clear and strong western boundary currents, equatorial currents, and subtropical gyres in the North and South Pacific regions in velocity field, with a more systematic structure in the North Pacific.
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Jingzhi, S., Mingkui, L., Yijun, H. et al. Surface circulation derived from drifting buoys in mid-and low-latitude Pacific. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 24, 333–337 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02842846
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