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Zonal Current Structure

Zonal Current Structure is a geophysical construct representing the meridionally coherent pattern of eastward and westward flowing ocean currents in the equatorial belt, distinguished by its alignment along latitudinal parallels and its dynamical association with wind-driven equatorial forcing and planetary wave propagation.

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A Review on the Currents in the South China Sea: Seasonal Circulation, South China Sea Warm Current and Kuroshio Intrusion

Jianyu Hu, Hiroshi Kawamura, Huasheng Hong et al. · Journal of Oceanography · 2000 · 746 citations

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Mesoscale structure of the mean East Australian Current System and its relationship with topography

Keith Ridgway, Jeff R. Dunn · Progress In Oceanography · 2003 · 429 citations

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An Aerological Study of Zonal Motion, its Perturbations and Break-down

Rasmus Berggren, B. Bolin, C.‐G. Rossby · Tellus · 1949 · 203 citations · Full text

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Validation and Error Analysis of OSCAR Sea Surface Currents

Eric S. Johnson, Fabrice Bonjean, Gary Lagerloef et al. · Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology · 2007 · 202 citations · Full text

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The South Atlantic Current

Lothar Stramma, Ray Peterson · Journal of Physical Oceanography · 1990 · 194 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. OK
    Osamu Katoh

    Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Japan

    6 publications · 231 citations

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  2. MJ
    Michael J. McPhaden

    NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, United States

    5 publications · 473 citations

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  3. HL
    H. Lühr

    GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Germany

    4 publications · 76 citations

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  4. EF
    Eric Firing

    University of Hawaii System, United States

    4 publications · 277 citations

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  5. PB
    Peter Brandt

    GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany

    4 publications · 196 citations

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Institutions

137

  1. Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

    Marseille, France

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    1.1K citations

  2. Institute of Oceanology

    Qingdao, China

    10 h-index

    44 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    23 publications

    830 citations

  4. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

    Yokosuka, Japan

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    659 citations

  5. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    7 h-index

    28 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

    Seattle, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    919 citations

  7. Laboratoire d’Études en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales

    Toulouse, France

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    402 citations

  8. Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency

    Yokohama, Japan

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    482 citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 22 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. Journal of Physical Oceanography

    23 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    12 publications · 479 citations

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  4. Journal of Oceanography

    9 publications · 361 citations

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