ESTIMATES OF THE ZONAL SLOPE AND SEASONAL TRANSPORT OF THE ATLANTIC NORTH EQUATORIAL COUNTERCURRENT

We use data from six inverted echo sounder moorings and the Geosat satellite altimeter to examine the seasonal variability of sea surface elevation. Monthly sea level maps are constructed using a contemporaneous subsurface temperature survey to provide a reference sea level field. The maps are then used to describe the origin and structure of the western tropical Atlantic North Equatorial Countercurrent (NECC) during a 2-yr period beginning in November 1987. -from Authors