Figure 10 Cloud patterns associated with the Peru and Pacific 



South Equatorial currents - ATS 2 



This unusual AVCS picture, transmitted from ATS 2 at 2:00 P.M. EST 10 April 

 1967, shows the region of upwelling associated with the Peru Current, and its westward 

 extension, the Pacific South Equatorial Current. These two current systems are outlined 

 by the low surface clouds shown as light gray off the South American coast and are clearly 

 defined OS the dark region immediately west of South America and adjacent to the Equator. 

 The picture also shows Baja California, Yucatan Peninsula, Gulf of Mexico, and the coast- 

 line from Colombia to Chile. 



Visible to the north of the Pacific South Equatorial Current are the cloud patterns 

 associated with the Intertropical Convergence Zone. (LaViolette and Chabot 1968a) 



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