@article{fdi:27199,
  title = {{U}pper ocean water masses and transports in the {W}estern {T}ropical {P}acific (165°{E})},
  author = {{D}elcroix, {T}hierry and {E}ldin, {G}{\'e}rard and {H}{\'e}nin, {C}hristian},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}s part of the international {TOGA} program, the {ORSTOM} {C}enter in {N}oum{\'e}a ({N}ew {C}aledonia) initiated in {J}anuary 1984 a series of semi-annual cruises along the 165°{E} meridian from 20°{S} to 10°{N}, across the equatorial current system of the western {P}acific. {T}his paper presents an analysis of the first six hydrographic (0-1000 m) and current (0-600 m) sections. {A} detailed description of "typical" {J}anuary 1986 vertical structures of temperature, salinity and zonal measured velocity is offered. {D}ifferences are noted with structures previously obtained in the {T}ropical {P}acific. {C}ompared to the {C}entral and {E}astern {P}acific, the 165°{E} data set evidences a much weaker equatorial upwelling and deeper surface isothermal layer and subsurface currents. {C}ompared to the few {W}estern {P}acific measurements, the two speed cores of the {E}quatorial {U}ndercurrent ({EUC}) previously reported at 100 and 200 m are not observed here. {S}pecial attention is given to the eastward equatorial jet (2°{S}-2°{N}; 0-75 m) measured in {J}anuary 1985 when westerly winds were present from the north of {N}ew {G}uinea to 160°{E}},
  keywords = {{CIRCULATION} {OCEANIQUE} ; {TEMPERATURE} ; {SALINITE} ; {COURANT} {MARIN} ; {COURANT} {GEOSTROPHIQUE} ; {PACIFIQUE} {TROPICAL} {OUEST}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {P}hysical {O}ceanography},
  volume = {17},
  numero = {12},
  pages = {2248--2261},
  year = {1987},
  DOI = {10.1175/1520-0485(1987)017<2248:{UOWMAT}>2.0.{CO};2},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:27199},
}