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TI Western Mediterranean sea-level rise: changing exchange flow through the Strait of Gibraltar
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AF ROSS, T
   GARRETT, C
   LE TRAON, Pierre-Yves
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C1 Univ Victoria, Dept Phys & Astron, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada.
   CLS Space Oceanog Div, Dept Oceanog, F-31526 Ramonville St Agne, St Agne, France.
C2 Univ Victoria, Dept Phys & Astron, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6, Canada.
   CLS Space Oceanog Div, Dept Oceanog, F-31526 Ramonville St Agne, St Agne, France.
IF 2.719
TC 35
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00079/19032/16615.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB Sea-level data from tide gauges and satellite altimetry show a decrease of nearly 40% in the sea-level drop between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean from 1994 to 1997, coming mainly from a rapid rise of western Mediterranean sea-level by more than 10 mm/year. A decrease in the sea-level difference across the Strait, coincident with this Mediterranean rise, indicates that the surface inflow is reduced by an amount dynamically consistent with the change along the strait. These secular changes are accompanied by a seasonal cycle in the sea-level drop between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, which indicates a seasonal flipping of hydraulic exchange states in the Strait of Gibraltar. Thus, we suggest the sea-level rise in the Mediterranean is a consequence of a changing exchange flow through the Strait of Gibraltar, driven indirectly by changing conditions in the Mediterranean.
PY 2000
PD SEP
SO Geophysical Research Letters
SN 0094-8276
PU Amer Geophysical Union
VL 27
IS 18
UT 000089390400032
BP 2949
EP 2952
DI 10.1029/2000GL011653
ID 19032
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