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TI The Levantine Intermediate Water in the western Mediterranean and its interactions with the Algerian Gyres: insights from 60 years of observation
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AF Mallil, Katia
   Testor, Pierre
   Bosse, Anthony
   Margirier, Félix
   Houpert, Loic
   Le Goff, Hervé
   Mortier, Laurent
   Louanchi, Ferial
AS 1:1,2;2:1;3:3;4:4;5:5;6:1;7:1;8:2;
FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;
C1 Laboratoire d’Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Approches Numériques (LOCEAN, UMR 7159): CNRS/SU/MNHN/IRD, 75005, Paris, France
   Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de la Mer et de l’Aménagement du Littoral (ENSSMAL), Laboratoire des Ecosystèmes Marins et Littoraux (EcosysMarL), 16320, Alger, Algeria
   Aix-Marseille Université, Université de Toulon, CNRS, IRD, MIO UM110, 13288, Marseille, France
   School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
   OSE Engineering, 78470, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, France
C2 LOCEAN, FRANCE
   ENSSMAL, ALGERIA
   UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE
   GEORGIA INST TECHNOL, USA
   OSE ENGINEERING, FRANCE
IN DOAJ
IF 3.2
TC 3
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00741/85326/90348.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00741/85326/95701.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR SOMBA-GE-2014
BO Téthys II
AB The presence of two large scale cyclonic gyres in the Algerian basin influences the general and eddy circulation, but their effect on water mass transfer remain poorly characterized. Our study has confirmed the presence of these gyres using the first direct current measurements of the whole water column collected during the SOMBA-GE2014 cruise, specifically designed to investigate these gyres. Using cruise sections and a climatology from 60 years of in situ measurements, we have also shown the effect of these gyres on the distribution at intermediate depth of Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW) with warmer (~0.15 °C) and saltier (~0.02 g.kg−1) characteristics in the Algerian basin than in the Provençal basin. The Algerian gyres also impact horizontal density gradients with sinking of the isopycnals at the gyres’ centres. Temporal cross-correlation of LIW potential temperature referenced to the signal observed south of Sardinia reveal timescale of transit of 4 months to get to the centre of the Algerian basin. The LIW temperature and salinity trends over various periods are estimated to: +0.0017 ± 0.0014 °C.year−1 and +0.0017 ± 0.0003 year−1 respectively over the 1960–2017 period, and accelerating to +0.059 ± 0.072 °C.year−1 and +0.013 ± 0.006 year−1 over the 2013–2017 period. 
PY 2022
PD JUN
SO Ocean Science
SN 1812-0784
PU Copernicus GmbH
VL 18
IS 4
UT 000820746700001
BP 937
EP 952
DI 10.5194/os-18-937-2022
ID 85326
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