Equatorial Countercurrent

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Equatorial Countercurrent [‚e·kwə′tȯr·ē·əl ′kau̇nt·ər‚kər·ənt]

(oceanography)

An ocean current flowing eastward (counter to and between the westward-flowing North Equatorial Current and South Equatorial Current) through all the oceans.

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No references found			Off the equator, subsurface propagation of anomaly patterns initiates an SST anomaly in the North Equatorial Countercurrent regions of the western Pacific, which then intensifies and moves into the equatorial waveguide, consistent with the mean water pathways found above. The El Nino/Southern Oscillation phenomenon: seeking its "trigger" ... by Rothstein, Lewis M.; Chen, Dake / Oceanus The diatoms creating the streak in the Pacific congregate and thrive at the convergence of the North Equatorial Countercurrent and the cooler, denser water of the South Equatorial Current sinking below it, the scientists assert. Microorganisms create a line in the ocean by Adler, Tina / Science News Retroflection eddies appear to carry a significant volume of South Atlantic water northward into the North Atlantic, short-circuiting the longer route around the gyre formed by the North Equatorial Countercurrent and the North Equatorial Current. Giant eddies of South Atlantic Water invade the North: disrupted flow ... by Richardson, Philip L. / Oceanus			equation of motion equation of piezotropy Equation of State equation of the center Equation of Time equation solver equation, chemical Equational Division equational logic Equations of Mathematical Physics Equations with Random Errors equator Equatorial equatorial acceleration Equatorial Air equatorial axis Equatorial Belt equatorial belt of calms equatorial bulge equatorial calms Equatorial Channel equatorial chart Equatorial Climate equatorial convergence zone equatorial coordinate system Equatorial Countercurrent Equatorial Countercurrents Equatorial Current Equatorial Currents equatorial cylindrical orthomorphic chart equatorial dry zone equatorial easterlies equatorial electrojet Equatorial Forest Zone equatorial front Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Independence Day equatorial horizontal parallax Equatorial Islands Equatorial Mounting equatorial orbit equatorial plane Equatorial Plate equatorial projection Equatorial Race equatorial radius equatorial system equatorial telescope Equatorial Telescope Mounting equatorial tide equatorial trough			Equator Crossing Equator Exploration Ltd equator of the crystalline lens Equator of the sun Equator Principles Equator Principles Financial Institutions Equator Technologies, Inc. equatorial equatorial equatorial equatorial acceleration equatorial air Equatorial Annual Oscillation Equatorial armillary sphere equatorial axis Equatorial belt Equatorial belt Equatorial belt of calms Equatorial belt of calms Equatorial bulge equatorial calms Equatorial Channel equatorial chart Equatorial climate equatorial convergence zone Equatorial coordinate system Equatorial coordinate system Equatorial Coordinates Equatorial Coordinates Equatorial Counter Current Equatorial Countercurrent Equatorial Countercurrents Equatorial Crossing Time equatorial current equatorial current Equatorial currents Equatorial currents equatorial cylindrical orthomorphic chart equatorial dry zone equatorial easterlies equatorial electrojet Equatorial Forest Zone equatorial front Equatorial Geophysical Research Laboratory Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Independence Day Equatorial Guinean Equatorial Guinean Equatorial Guinean ekwele Equatorial Guineans Equatorial Guineans Equatorial guiniea Equatorial guiniea Equatorial Guniea Equatorial Guniea equatorial horizontal parallax Equatorial Intermediate Current Equatorial Ionosphere Thermosphere System Equatorial Islands

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