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TI Sources of the Levantine Intermediate Water in winter 2019
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AF Taillandier, V.
   D’Ortenzio, F.
   Prieur, L
   Conan, P.
   Coppola, L.
   Cornec, M.
   Dumas, F
   Durrieu de Madron, X.
   Fach, B.
   Fourrier, M.
   Gentil, M.
   Hayes, D.
   Husrevoglu, S.
   Legoff, H.
   Le Ster, L.
   Örek, H.
   Ozer, T.
   Poulain, P.M.
   Pujo‐Pay, M.
   Ribera d’Alcalà, M.
   Salihoglu, B.
   Testor, P.
   Velaoras, D.
   Wagener, T.
   Wimart‐Rousseau, C.
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C1 Sorbonne Université CNRS Laboratoire d’Océanographie de Villefranche (LOV) 06230 Villefranche‐sur‐Mer ,France
   Sorbonne Université CNRS Laboratoire d’Océanographie Microbienne (LOMIC) 66650 Banyuls‐sur‐Mer ,France
   Service Hydrographique et Océanographique de la Marine (SHOM) 29200 Brest ,France
   CEFREM CNRS Université de Perpignan Via Domitia 66860 Perpignan, France
   Middle East Technical University (METU) Institute of Marine Sciences 33731 Erdemli‐Mersin ,Turkey
   Oceanography Center University of Cyprus 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus
   Sorbonne Université CNRS IRD MNHN Laboratoire d’Océanographie et de Climatologie (LOCEAN) 75005 Paris ,France
   Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de Chizé (CEBC) CNRS ,France
   Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research (IOLR) 31080 Haifa, Israel
   National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS) 34010 Sgonico (TS) ,Italy
   Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn (SZN) Villa Comunale80121 Napoli, Italy
   Hellenic Center for Marine Research (HCMR) Institute of Oceanography 19013 Anavyssos,Greece
   Aix Marseille Université Université de Toulon CNRS IRD MIO Marseille, France
C2 UNIV SORBONNE, FRANCE
   UNIV SORBONNE, FRANCE
   SHOM, FRANCE
   UNIV PERPIGNAN, FRANCE
   METU, TURKEY
   UNIV CYPRUS, CYPRUS
   UNIV SORBONNE, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
   IOLR, ISRAEL
   OGS, ITALY
   STAZ ZOOL ANTON DOHRN, ITALY
   HELLEN CTR MARINE RES, GREECE
   UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE
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TC 4
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00776/88809/94453.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR PERLE2
   PROTEVSMED_PERLE_2018
BO Pourquoi pas ?
   L'Atalante
DE ;descriptive oceanography;overturning circulation;Mediterranean Sea;ocean observations;water mass formation;Levantine intermediate water
AB Climatic changes and interannual variability in the Mediterranean overturning circulation are crucially linked to dense water formation in the Levantine Sea, namely the Levantine Intermediate Water whose formation zone, comprising multiple and intermittent sources, extends over fluctuating pathways. To probe into the variability of this water formation and spreading, a unique dataset was collected during the winter of 2019 in the western Levantine Sea, via oceanographic cruises, profiling floats and a glider, at a spatio-temporal distribution suited to resolve mesoscale circulation features and intermittent convection events. This study highlights the competition between two source regions, the Cretan Sea and the Rhodes Cyclonic Gyre, to supply the Mediterranean overturning circulation in Levantine Intermediate Water. The Cretan source was estimated as the most abundant, supported by increasingly saltier water masses coming from the Levantine Sea under the pumping effect of a water deficit caused by strong western outflow towards the Ionian Sea. Key Points Descriptive oceanography of the Levantine Intermediate Water formation zone using an in-situ multiplatform approach Competition between two source regions to supply the Mediterranean overturning circulation in Levantine Intermediate Water The Cretan Sea is the most abundant source, supported by increasingly saltier waters coming from the Levantine Sea Plain Language Summary The Mediterranean overturning circulation is a conveyor belt transporting salt from its easternmost areas towards the North Atlantic Ocean. To explore how the formation of dense and salty waters called the Levantine Intermediate Water fits into this circulation, the western Levantine Sea was investigated during the winter of 2019 via cruise surveys and an array of autonomous sensors. This study highlights the competition between two source regions, the southern Aegean Sea and the northwestern Levantine Sea, to supply the Mediterranean overturning circulation in Levantine Intermediate Water. In the period under study, the first region was estimated as the most abundant source. This source was supported by increasingly saltier water masses coming from the Levantine Sea, under the pumping effect of a water draught in the Aegean Sea. These observations help to nuance the complex picture of Levantine circulation patterns which are subject to large variability. 
PY 2022
PD JUL
SO Journal Of Geophysical Research-oceans
SN 2169-9275
PU American Geophysical Union (AGU)
VL 127
IS 6
UT 000816416300001
DI 10.1029/2021JC017506
ID 88809
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