A proposed anchored mixer array utilizes kinetic energy in the Pacific Equatorial Undercurrent (EUC) to force vertical mixing of the surface layer, EUC, and underlying thermostad, creating an isopycnal cold surface countercurrent (CSCC). Sea surface temperature (SST) gradients at the CSCC margins drive a pair of overlying counter-rotating atmospheric convection cells, which then drive reciprocal overturning cells within the CSCC that further cool the surface. Together these cells form a system of equatorially trapped coupled convection (ETCC). The ETCC blocks cross-equator passage of both trade winds and the South Equatorial Current (SEC), which centers the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) at the equator and then consolidates all eastward transport within the CSCC. Countercurrent consolidation increases upwelling, which further steepens the SST gradients that power the ETCC. Beneficial climate effects include: (1) Decrease in radiative forcing by increased production of marine aerosols; (2) Increase in planetary albedo by cloud cover over zonal atmospheric convection cells; (3) Reduction of CO2 flux by temperature effect, (4) Reduction of CO2 flux by increased carbon utilization; (5) Suppression of tropical cyclone formation by stabilizing the ITCZ within the ETCC; and (6) Support of a basin-scale fishery by increased primary production. The mixer array incorporates a ballast control mechanism with which it can raise or lower itself as needed. The CSCC provides year-round eastward surface transport at the equator, which may reduce El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) amplitude by relieving buildup of the western Pacific warm pool.