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Schott et al. 2003
Schott, F.A., Dengler, M., Brandt, P., Affler, K., Fischer, J., Bourlès, B., Gouriou, Y., Molinari, R.L. and Rhein, M. (2003). The zonal currents and transports at 35°W in the tropical Atlantic. Geophysical Research Letters 30: doi: 10.1029/2002GL016849. issn: 0094-8276.

The total of 13 existing cross-equatorial shipboard current profiling sections taken during the WOCE period between 1990 and 2002 along 35¿W are used to determine the mean meridional structure of the zonal top-to-bottom circulation between the Brazilian coast, near 5¿S, and 5¿N and to estimate mean transports of the individual identified shallow, intermediate and deep current branches. One of the results is that, on the equator, a mean westward Equatorial Intermediate Current below the Equatorial Undercurrent exists.

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Keywords
Oceanography, Physical, Western boundary currents, Oceanography, General, Equatorial oceanography, Oceanography, Physical, General circulation, Oceanography, General, Diurnal, seasonal, and annual cycles, Information Related to Geographic Region, North America
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Geophysical Research Letters
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