Abstract
Tritium data from the GEOSECS eastern and western track stations sampled in the thermocline of the North Equatorial Counter Current (NECC) showed high values, which are indicative of the contribution of the North Equatorial Current (NEC) to the equatorial region. A tritium front at 6°N is evidence of the penetration of northern latitude water into the NECC. The results of a two-{ballot box} model show no net flux between NEC and NECC and a lower bound estimate of five years for an exchange time scale between the NEC and NECC in the thermocline; this is consistent with a horizontal diffusivity of 5 × 107 cm2/s.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 447-452 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Earth and Planetary Science Letters |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 1980 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geophysics
- Geochemistry and Petrology
- Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Space and Planetary Science
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Fine, R. A., & Östlund, H. G. (1980). Exchange times in the Pacific Equatorial Current system. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 49(2), 447-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821X(80)90085-0