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Figure 11.2. Snapshot of the surface speed from a high resolution ocean model (the NLOM, see
http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global nlom32/skill.html) in the equatorial Pacific.
Figure 11.3. Meridional cross section of the zonal geostrophic velocity (in cm s
−1 ) at 155
◦ W
between Hawaii and Tahiti (from Wyrtki and Koblinksky (1984)).
the basin of about 5 ◦ C . There is also a north-south asymmetry about the equator,
with more warm water situated north of the equator.
Physical processes up to a few hundred meters depth in the ocean play an important role in the Pacific climate system. During the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) program (1985-1995), a whole array of measurement devices
has been set-up in the Tropical Pacific (McPhaden and coauthors, 1998). Hence,
DYNAMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY
Figure 11.2. Snapshot of the surface speed from a high resolution ocean model (the NLOM, see
http://www7320.nrlssc.navy.mil/global nlom32/skill.html) in the equatorial Pacific.
Figure 11.3. Meridional cross section of the zonal geostrophic velocity (in cm s
−1 ) at 155
◦ W
between Hawaii and Tahiti (from Wyrtki and Koblinksky (1984)).
the basin of about 5 ◦ C . There is also a north-south asymmetry about the equator,
with more warm water situated north of the equator.
Physical processes up to a few hundred meters depth in the ocean play an important role in the Pacific climate system. During the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA) program (1985-1995), a whole array of measurement devices
has been set-up in the Tropical Pacific (McPhaden and coauthors, 1998). Hence,