@article{fdi:42863,
  title = {{F}resh equatorial jets},
  author = {{R}oemmich, {D}. and {M}orris, {M}. and {Y}oung, {W}.{R}. and {D}onguy, {J}ean-{R}en{\'e}},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A} vertically sheared eastward jet in the {E}quatorial pacific in late 1991 and early 1992 carried relatively fresh water from the {W}estern {P}acific overriding the saltier surface layer of the central region. {S}alinity anomalies of about -1.0 psu were observed over a period of several months in a surface layer 50 m thick near the equator. {B}elow this fresh layer there was a steep halocline having very little temperature stratification, so that the density changes were dominated by salinity. {I}n {D}ecember 1991, eastward surface velocities in the fresh jet at 170°{W} were 100 cm s-1 with a shear of about 40 cm s-1 in the top 100 m; the core of the jet was about 200 km in width, centered at 1.5°{S}. {T}he jet decayed and vanished over the next few months, though the surface halocline remained. ({D}'apr{\`e}s r{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{CIRCULATION} {OCEANIQUE} ; {COURANT} {EQUATORIAL} ; {FLUX} ; {SALINITE} ; {TEMPERATURE} ; {PACIFIQUE} {EQUATORIAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {P}hysical {O}ceanography},
  volume = {24},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {540--558},
  ISSN = {0022-3670},
  year = {1994},
  DOI = {10.1175/1520-0485(1994)024<0540:{FEJ}>2.0.{CO};2},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:42863},
}