Velocity Cross-section Along the
Equator
TOGA TAO data (top) vs. 1/12° Pacific HYCOM (bottom) in the upper 300 m
Section between 165°E and 110°W
TOGA TAO buoy data from Yu and
McPhaden (1999, JPO)
6 year mean from HYCOM forced with
high-frequency HR
winds and ECMWF thermal forcing
No ocean data assimilation in
HYCOM
