Observations indicate strengthening of tropical Pacific western boundary currents for six decades
E-Mail IMAGE: Geostrophic currents retrieved from multi-decadal hydrological observational data based on WOA18 ((a), (b), (d), (e), cm s?1) and the mean horizontal absolute velocity |u| in the upper 200 m simulated... view more Credit: ©Science China Press Under the background of global warming, the energy budget of the earth is out of balance with more than 90% of additional heat entering the ocean. The tropical Pacific Ocean has an important influence on the global tropical climate and the climate of China, and the tropical Pacific Western Boundary Currents (WBCs) that flow th...
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