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A recent set of oceanographic measurements in the western equatorial Pacific has revealed the existence of previously undescribed major ocean currents and upper-ocean mixed-layer structure. The measurements also confirm a 20-year-old hypothesis on the water-mass origins of the Equatorial Undercurrent in the Pacific Ocean.
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Lindstrom, E., Lukas, R., Fine, R. et al. The Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean Circulation Study. Nature 330, 533–537 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1038/330533a0
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