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Science 9 December 1983:
Vol. 222. no. 4628, pp. 1121 - 1123
DOI: 10.1126/science.222.4628.1121
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Equatorial Undercurrent Disappears During 1982-1983 El Niño

ERIC FIRING 1, ROGER LUKAS 1, JAMES SADLER 1, and KLAUS WYRTKI 1

1 University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822

The equatorial undercurrent at 159°W decayed during August 1982, partially reversed during September, and rapidly reappeared in January 1983. The virtual disappearance is consistent with the basin-wide adjustment of sea surface slope to the strong westerly winds in the western and central Pacific that caused the 1982-1983 El Niño event.

Submitted on July 11, 1983
Accepted on September 28, 1983


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