Subsurface ocean current

A subsurface ocean current is an oceanic current that runs beneath surface currents.^[1] Examples include the Equatorial Undercurrents of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, the California Undercurrent,^[2] and the Agulhas Undercurrent,^[3] the deep thermohaline circulation in the Atlantic, and bottom gravity currents near Antarctica. The forcing mechanisms vary for these different types of subsurface currents.

^ "subsurface current". Glossary of Meteorology. American Meteorological Society.
^ Pierce, S. D. et al (2000). "[Pierce, S.D.; Smith, R.L.; Kosro, P.M.; Barth, J.A.; Wilson, C.D. (May 2000). "Continuity of the poleward undercurrent along the eastern boundary of the mid-latitude north Pacific". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 47 (5–6): 811–829. Bibcode:2000DSRII..47..811P. doi:10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00128-9.
^ Beal, Lisa M. (2009). "A time-series of Agulhas Undercurrent transport". J. Phys. Oceanogr. 39 (10): 2436–50. Bibcode:2009JPO....39.2436B. doi:10.1175/2009JPO4195.1.

[1] "subsurface current". Glossary of Meteorology. American Meteorological Society.

[2] Pierce, S. D. et al (2000). "[Pierce, S.D.; Smith, R.L.; Kosro, P.M.; Barth, J.A.; Wilson, C.D. (May 2000). "Continuity of the poleward undercurrent along the eastern boundary of the mid-latitude north Pacific". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 47 (5–6): 811–829. Bibcode:2000DSRII..47..811P. doi:10.1016/S0967-0645(99)00128-9.

[3] Beal, Lisa M. (2009). "A time-series of Agulhas Undercurrent transport". J. Phys. Oceanogr. 39 (10): 2436–50. Bibcode:2009JPO....39.2436B. doi:10.1175/2009JPO4195.1.

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