@book{fdi:42384,
  title = {{R}igorous open-ocean validation of {TOPEX}/{POSEIDON} sea level in the {W}estern {E}quatorial {P}acific},
  author = {{P}icaut, {J}o{\¨e}l and {B}usalacchi, {A}.{J}. and {D}elcroix, {T}hierry and {M}c{P}haden, {M}.{J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} series of 12 meridional transect along longitude 165°{E} in the {W}estern {E}quatorial {P}acific ocean were made between mid-1986 and mid-1988 : a time interval spanning an {E}l {N}ino/{S}outhern {O}scillation ({ENSO}) event. {D}ata collected on these cruises provide a detailed (albeit temporally sparse) view of the oceanic changes which occur in the {W}estern {P}acific during an {ENSO} event. {T}he present work focuses on the evolution of the upper ocean thermohaline and zonal velocity fields as revealed by high resolution hydrographic casts and direct near surface velocity measurements. {O}nset of the {E}l {N}ino was characterized by anomalous eatsward transport of warm surface waters equatorward of 10° latitude (where anomalies are relative to a mean state defined by historical hydrographic data and recent observations during non-{ENSO} periods). ({D}'apr{\`e}s r{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{EL} {NINO} ; {COUPLAGE} {OCEAN} {ATMOSPHERE} ; {NIVEAU} {MARIN} ; {HAUTEUR} {DYNAMIQUE} ; {VARIATION} {INTERANNUELLE} ; {PACIFIQUE} {TROPICAL} {OUEST}},
  address = {{P}asadena},
  publisher = {{JPL} {P}ublications},
  series = {},
  pages = {14-16},
  year = {1992},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:42384},
}