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Science 8 November 1963:
Vol. 142. no. 3593, pp. 669 - 671
DOI: 10.1126/science.142.3593.669
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Equatorial Undercurrent and Related Currents off Brazil in March and April 1963

John D. Cochrane 1

1 Department of Oceanography and Meteorology, Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, College Station

In 1963, the source of the Equatorial Undercurrent appeared to be near 38°W. This undercurrent was an equatorial extension of a narrow saline current setting east-southeast at the surface near 2 °N 42 °W. Near 380°W, a retroverse branch of the Guiana Current also joined the Equatorial Undercurrent. Surface flow was easterly along all of the east-southeast current and the undercurrent observed. The subsurface-velocity maximum of the undercurrent was higher at 35°W than at 38°W.

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