FN Archimer Export Format
PT J
TI Mesoscale hydrological variability induced by northwesterly wind on the French continental shelf of the Bay of Biscay
BT 
AF PUILLAT, I
   LAZURE, Pascal
   JEGOU, Anne-Marie
   LAMPERT, Luis
   MILLER, P
AS 1:1;2:1;3:1;4:1,2;5:3;
FF 1:;2:PDG-DOP-DCB-DYNECO-PHYSED;3:PDG-DOP-DCB-DYNECO-PHYSED;4:PDG-DOP-LER-LERN;5:;
C1 IFREMER, Dyneco, Physed, F-29280 Plouzane, France.
   EPSHOM, F-29275 Brest, France.
   Plymouth Marine Lab, Plymouth PL1 3DH, Devon, England.
C2 IFREMER, FRANCE
   EPSHOM, FRANCE
   PML, UK
SI BREST
   PORT-EN-BESSIN
SE PDG-DOP-DCB-DYNECO-PHYSED
   PDG-DOP-LER-LERN
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-france
   copubli-europe
IF 1.005
TC 33
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2006/publication-3958.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;River plume;Upwelling;Lens;Mesoscale;Salinity
AB On the French continental shelf of the Bay of Biscay the variability of the surface salinity distribution has been mainly investigated at the seasonal and inter-annual scales. Here, new mesoscale features such as lower-salinity lenses observed in model results are investigated by hydrological measurements acquired during 8 cruises (1997-2000). These lenses are 50-80 km wide and similar to 30 m thick and occur during westerly to northerly wind events that push offshore the less saline water of river Plumes. These water masses detached from the coast are replaced with upwelled saltier water at the coast, so coastal upwelling is often observed at the same time along Landes and southern Brittany coasts. We show that in addition to the influence of seasonal and inter-annual variability of the wind and river outflows, short term meteorological variability may drive mesoscale structures on this continental shelf.
PY 2006
PD JUL
SO Scientia Marina
SN 0214-8358
PU Institut de Ciències del Mar de Barcelona, CSIC
VL 70
IS 1
UT 000238460400003
BP 15
EP 26
ID 3958
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