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Science 28 September 1973:
Vol. 181. no. 4106, pp. 1244 - 1245
DOI: 10.1126/science.181.4106.1244
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Response of the Equatorial Countercurrent to the Subtropical Atmosphere

Jerome Namias 1

1 Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92037

The strength of the equatorial countercurrent of the North Pacific and associated variations in sea surface temperatures at its eastern extremity off Central America are related to the zonal wind flow in the remote subtropical atmosphere with lags of as much as 8 months between wind and temperature.

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