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The alternating surface jets and the Equatorial Undercurrent are important features that have long challenged both numerical modelers and the perturbation theorists. In this chapter, stratification and viscosity are added to the shallow water jets found by Yoshida. The models of McCreary and McPhaden are ancient and cannot fit observations as well as the ever-changing succession of ocean general circulation models. Yet they are well worth a careful analysis to understand the underlying mechanisms.
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Boyd, J.P. (2018). Stratified Models of Mean Currents. In: Dynamics of the Equatorial Ocean. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-55476-0_10
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