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PT J
TI Hydrological Structure, Circulation and Water Mass Transport in the Gulf of Cadiz
BT 
AF ALVES, Jose Miguel Rodrigues
   CARTON, Xavier
   AMBAR, Isabel
AS 1:1;2:2,4;3:3;
FF 1:;2:;3:;
C1 Instituto Dom Luiz, Centro de Geofisica, Fac. Ciencias, U. Lisboa, Portugal
   LPO, UBO/IFREMER/CNRS/IRD, Brest, France
   Centro de Oceanografia, Fac. Ciencias, U. Lisboa, Portugal
C2 UNIV LISBON, PORTUGAL
   UBO, FRANCE
   UNIV LISBON, PORTUGAL
   IFREMER, FRANCE
SI BREST
SE PDG-ODE-LPO
TC 0
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00129/24005/21961.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR SEMANE 2002
BO Thalassa
DE ;Mediterranean Water;Gulf of Cadiz;Hydrology;Water Masses;Regional Scale Circulation;Inverse Model;Transport
AB Hydrological and LADCP data from four experiments at sea (Semane 1999, 2000/1 2000/3, 2001) are used to describe the structure and circulation of Mediterranean Water in the Gulf of Cadiz. These data were gathered on meridional sections along 8?20′W and 6?15′W and between these longitudes on a zonal section along 35?50′N. The mesoscale and the submesoscale structures (Mediterranean Water Undercurrents, meddies, cyclones) observed along these sections are characterized in terms of thermohaline properties and of velocity. The transports of mass and salt in each class of density (North Atlantic Central Water, Mediterranean Water, North Atlantic Deep Water) are computed with an inverse model. The model indicates a general eastward flux in the Central Water layer, and a westward flux in the Mediterranean Water layer, but there is also a horizontal recirculation and entrainment in these two layers, as well as strong transports associated with the meddy and cyclone found during Semane 1999.
PY 2011
PD NOV
SO International Journal of Geosciences
VL 2
IS 4
BP 432
EP 456
DI 10.4236/ijg.2011.24047
ID 24005
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