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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The eastward current that forms the southern part of the South Pacific subtropical [[gyre]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It is fed by the [[East Australian Current]] and its continuation, the [[East Auckland Current]] and [[East Cape Current]], and follows the [[subtropical front]]. It is much weaker than the [[South Atlantic]] and [[South Indian Ocean Currents]], carrying little more than 5 Sv (5 × 10<sup>6</sup> m<sup>3</sup>s<sup>-1</sup>). Nevertheless, cooling of the warm water from the western [[boundary currents]] along its path makes the South Pacific Current a [[heat]] source for the [[atmosphere]]. It feeds its water into the [[Peru/Chile Current]].</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The eastward current that forms the southern part of the South Pacific subtropical [[gyres|gyre]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It is fed by the [[East Australian Current]] and its continuation, the [[East Auckland Current]] and [[East Cape Current]], and follows the [[subtropical front]]. It is much weaker than the [[South Atlantic Current|South Atlantic]] and [[South Indian Ocean Currents]], carrying little more than 5 Sv (5 × 10<sup>6</sup> m<sup>3</sup>s<sup>-1</sup>). Nevertheless, cooling of the warm water from the western [[boundary currents]] along its path makes the South Pacific Current a [[heat]] source for the [[atmosphere]]. It feeds its water into the [[Peru/Chile Current]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:56, 25 April 2012
South Pacific Current
The eastward current that forms the southern part of the South Pacific subtropical gyre.
It is fed by the East Australian Current and its continuation, the East Auckland Current and East Cape Current, and follows the subtropical front. It is much weaker than the South Atlantic and South Indian Ocean Currents, carrying little more than 5 Sv (5 × 106 m3s-1). Nevertheless, cooling of the warm water from the western boundary currents along its path makes the South Pacific Current a heat source for the atmosphere. It feeds its water into the Peru/Chile Current.
