Estimates of Equatorial Upwelling Between 140 and 110W During 1984
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The equation of continuity is used to estimate profiles of vertical velocity between 25 and 120 m from moored current measurements in arrays nested within the triangle with vertices located at 1ø30'S, 140øW and along the equator at 140 ø and 110øW during December 1983 through March 1984 and May-September 1984. All directions of the 4to 5-month mean values were upward. The ensemble averaged mean vertical velocity was 2.2 x 10 -5 m s -•. Upwelling speeds decreased eastward.
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