@article{fdi:40719,
  title = {{W}estern boundary currents and transports off {F}rench {G}uiana as inferred from {P}egasus observations},
  author = {{C}olin, {C}hristian and {B}ourl{\`e}s, {B}ernard},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{P}egasus current measurements carried out along a section located off {F}rench {G}uiana are presented; the section was repeated five times from september 1989 to june 1991 during the {NOE} (r{\'e}gion {N}ord-{O}uest {\'e}quatoriale)/{STACS} ({S}ub-{T}ropical {A}tlantic {C}limate {S}tudies) cruises on board the {NOAA} ({N}ational {O}ceanic and {A}tmospheric {A}dministration) research vessels. {T}he data (vertical and horizontal distributions) show, as suggested by earliest observations, the presence of different currents. {A}t the surface, and in winter, the {N}orth {B}razil {C}urrent ({NBC}) flows northwestward (positive), is strong (120 cm/s), confined in the first 250 m, constally trapped (within 250 km) and fed by offshore waters; in summer the {NBC} strengthens (the velocity increases to 150 cm/s), vertically extends (down to 800 m) and veers offshore. ({D}'apr{\`e}s r{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)},
  keywords = {{COURANT} {EQUATORIAL} ; {TEMPERATURE} ; {SALINITE} ; {VARIATION} {INTERANNUELLE} ; {ATLANTIQUE} {EQUATORIAL} ; {GUYANE} {FRANCAISE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{O}ceanologica {A}cta},
  volume = {17},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {143--157},
  ISSN = {0399-1784},
  year = {1993},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:40719},
}