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  <dc:title>Mechanisms of subsurface thermal structure and sea surface thermohaline variabilities in the southwestern tropical Pacific during 1975-85</dc:title>
  <dc:creator>/Delcroix, Thierry</dc:creator>
  <dc:creator>/H&#xE9;nin, Christian</dc:creator>
  <dc:subject>EL NINO</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>VARIATION SAISONNIERE</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>TEMPERATURE DE SURFACE</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>THERMOCLINE</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>STRUCTURE THERMIQUE</dc:subject>
  <dc:description>Major features of the southwestern tropical Pacific (SWTP), defined between 160E-140W and 24S-10S, are brought to light through analysis of surface water samples (23000) and temperature/depth observations (8500), both collected by ship opportunity programs during the 1979-85 period. The mean vertical thermal structure (and its related parameters), mean sea surface temperature (SST) and salinity (SSS) are first portrayed, to further quantify the 1979-85 variability. It is demonstrated that the observed seasonal and interannual variabilities, the latter being associated with the strong 1982-83 El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) event, are mostly governed by specific mechanisms involving varying wind field and rainfall regimes.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>1989</dc:date>
  <dc:type>text</dc:type>
  <dc:identifier>https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:30116</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>fdi:30116</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>Delcroix Thierry, H&#xE9;nin Christian. Mechanisms of subsurface thermal structure and sea surface thermohaline variabilities in the southwestern tropical Pacific during 1975-85. 1989,  777-812</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>EN</dc:language>
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