TY - JOUR
T1 - Oceanographic observations of the 1982 warming of the tropical eastern Pacific
AU - Halpern, David
AU - Hayes, Stanley P.
AU - Leetmaa, Ants
AU - Hansen, Donald V.
AU - Philander, S. George H.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - Moored current meter, sea level, hydrographic, and surface drifter measurements show the large changes that took place in the eastern tropical Pacific during the onset of the warm episode of 1982. In August the near-surface flow at 0°, 110°W reversed direction to eastward. By October the sea surface temperature in the equatorial zone increased by 5 degrees Celsius above the long-term monthly mean value, sea level rose by 22 centimeters at the Galápagos Islands, and the thermocline was displaced downward by 50 to 70 meters along the equator and the South American coast.
AB - Moored current meter, sea level, hydrographic, and surface drifter measurements show the large changes that took place in the eastern tropical Pacific during the onset of the warm episode of 1982. In August the near-surface flow at 0°, 110°W reversed direction to eastward. By October the sea surface temperature in the equatorial zone increased by 5 degrees Celsius above the long-term monthly mean value, sea level rose by 22 centimeters at the Galápagos Islands, and the thermocline was displaced downward by 50 to 70 meters along the equator and the South American coast.
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U2 - 10.1126/science.221.4616.1173
DO - 10.1126/science.221.4616.1173
M3 - Article
C2 - 17811520
AN - SCOPUS:0020921254
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 221
SP - 1173
EP - 1175
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 4616
ER -