Results from 14 neutrally buoyant RAFOS floats in the western equatorial Pacific Ocean, supplement to: Zenk, Walter; Siedler, Gerold; Ishida, Akio; Holfort, Jürgen; Kashino, Yuji; Kuroda, Yoshifumi; Miyama, Toru; Müller, Thomas J (2005): Pathways and variability of the Antarctic Intermediate Water in the western equatorial Pacific Ocean. Progress in Oceanography, 67(1-2), 245-281

• Main Authors: Zenk, Walter, Siedler, Gerold, Ishida, Akio, Holfort, Jürgen, Kashino, Yuji, Kuroda, Yoshifumi, Miyama, Toru, Müller, Thomas J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science 2005
• Subjects: World Ocean Circulation Experiment WOCE; Antarctic; Bismarck; Kashino; Pacific; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.874319; https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.874319

In the western equatorial Pacific the low-salinity core of Antarctic Intermediate Water (AAIW) is found at about 800 m depth between potential density levels Sigma-theta = 27.2 and 27.3. The pathways of AAIW and the degradation of its core are studied, from the Bismarck Sea to the Caroline Basins an...