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Equatorial Countercurrent

An Equatorial Countercurrent is a surface oceanic current that flows eastward between the northward and southward-flowing equatorial currents, driven by the convergence of trade winds and the resulting meridional piling of water west of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Ocean basins.

222

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12.5K

Citations

452

Authors

153

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2017–2026

19

Variants

Equatorial Counter-current

Parents

Publications

222

The North Brazil Current retroflection: Seasonal structure and eddy variability

William E. Johns, Thomas N. Lee, Friedrich Schott et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1990 · 309 citations

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A model of the seasonal cycle in the tropical Atlantic Ocean

S. George Philander, R. C. Pacanowski · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1986 · 288 citations

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Mapping climatological seasonal variations of surface currents in the tropical Atlantic using ship drifts

Philip L. Richardson, David Walsh · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1986 · 232 citations

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A Model Study of Oceanic Mechanisms Affecting Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperature during the 1997–98 El Niño

Jérôme Vialard, Christophe Menkès, Jean‐Philippe Boulanger et al. · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 2001 · 228 citations · Full text

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Interannual Variability of the North Pacific Subtropical Countercurrent and Its Associated Mesoscale Eddy Field

Bo Qiu, Shuiming Chen · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 2009 · 224 citations · Full text

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Authors

452

  1. BQ
    Bo Qiu

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    10 publications · 963 citations

    10

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  2. RL
    Robert L. Molinari

    NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories, United States

    8 publications · 498 citations

    8

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  3. SC
    Shuiming Chen

    University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, United States

    7 publications · 732 citations

    7

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  4. SL
    Silvia L. Garzoli

    NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratories, United States

    7 publications · 353 citations

    7

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  5. FS
    Friedrich Schott

    Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany

    7 publications · 797 citations

    7

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Institutions

153

  1. Institute of Oceanology

    Qingdao, China

    16 h-index

    73 publications

    2K citations

  2. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    15 h-index

    29 publications

    2.2K citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    13 h-index

    57 publications

    1.7K citations

  4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    13 h-index

    34 publications

    919 citations

  5. NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

    Seattle, United States

    11 h-index

    15 publications

    1.4K citations

  6. Scripps Institution of Oceanography

    La Jolla, United States

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    752 citations

  7. University of Miami

    Coral Gables, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    546 citations

  8. University of Hawaii System

    Honolulu, United States

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    1.2K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 75 publications · 5.1K citations

    41

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  2. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    56 publications · 4K citations

    36

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    16 publications · 567 citations

    14

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  4. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans

    10 publications · 350 citations

    10

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  5. Journal of Climate

    7 publications · 224 citations

    7

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