Causes for the semiannual cycle of the Equatorial Intermediate Current in the Indian Ocean

Ke Huang, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, China, China, Gengxin Chen, State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China, Yingli Zhu, University of Colorado Boulder, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Boulder, United States, Weiqiang Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Qiang Xie, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China, Ju Chen, SCSIO South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Acaademy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China and Dongxiao Wang, Sun Yet-sen University, Guangzhou, China