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Equatorial Atlantic Circulation

Equatorial Atlantic Circulation is a zonal oceanic current system in the Atlantic Ocean near the equator characterized by the eastward-flowing Equatorial Undercurrent sandwiched between westward surface currents, distinguished by its dynamical balance of wind-driven forcing, Earth's rotation, and equatorial beta-plane effects.

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A new starting point for the South and Equatorial Atlantic Ocean

Maryline Moulin, Daniel Aslanian, Patrick Unternehr · Earth-Science Reviews · 2009 · 587 citations · Full text

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A wind‐driven isopycnic coordinate model of the north and equatorial Atlantic Ocean: 1. Model development and supporting experiments

Rainer Bleck, Linda Tombras Smith · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1990 · 327 citations

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On the origin of equatorial Atlantic biases in coupled general circulation models

Ingo Richter, Shang‐Ping Xie · Climate Dynamics · 2008 · 301 citations

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Impact of the Equatorial Atlantic on the El Niño Southern Oscillation

Hui Ding, Noel Keenlyside, Mojib Latif · Climate Dynamics · 2011 · 243 citations

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Atmospheric chlorofluoromethanes in the deep equatorial Atlantic

Ray F. Weiss, John L. Bullister, R. H. Gammon et al. · Nature · 1985 · 238 citations

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Authors

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  1. PB
    Peter Brandt

    GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

    17 publications · 854 citations

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  2. BB
    Bernard Bourlès

    Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France

    12 publications · 722 citations

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  3. YG
    Yves Gouriou

    Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, France

    11 publications · 588 citations

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  4. RH
    Robert H. Weisberg

    University of South Florida St. Petersburg, United States

    9 publications · 416 citations

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  5. VH
    Verena Hormann

    Scripps Institution of Oceanography, United States

    8 publications · 466 citations

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Institutions

200

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    21 h-index

    59 publications

    3.7K citations

  2. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    19 h-index

    51 publications

    2.9K citations

  3. GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    19 h-index

    77 publications

    4.5K citations

  4. Sorbonne Université

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    29 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. Ifremer

    Brest, France

    14 h-index

    24 publications

    2.4K citations

  6. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

    Kiel, Germany

    14 h-index

    27 publications

    1.7K citations

  7. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

    Falmouth, United States

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    1.6K citations

  8. Laboratoire d'Océanographie et du Climat : Expérimentations et Approches Numériques

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    19 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 42 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    29 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. Climate Dynamics

    19 publications · 1.8K citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    18 publications · 823 citations

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